Brand Management & Sales
Swiss Re Buys Stake in Li’s FWD in $425 Million Asia Push
Swiss Re Ltd., the world's second- biggest reinsurer, will invest as much as $425 million in Richard Li's FWD Group as it pushes for growth in Asia. The company will buy 12.3 percent of FWD from ...
Top-Ranked Carriers Build Agent Satisfaction Into Culture: Consultant
Property/casualty insurance carriers that make their agents happiest—landing themselves repeatedly on top-10 rankings in agent surveys—are those that build the goal of doing so into their ...
Market Share of Top 30 U.S. Excess & Surplus Insurers
Zurich Insurance Readying Report on CFO Wauthier’s Suicide
Zurich Insurance Group AG will present the outcome of an internal investigation over the suicide of Chief Financial Officer Pierre Wauthier at the end of this month, said a person familiar with the ...
Top 10 Market Conduct Complaints Against P/C Insurers
Failure to handle claims within specified time frames and using unapproved forms and rates are the top two criticisms of property/casualty insurers by market conduct regulators, according to a new ...
What to Expect in Commercial Lines Pricing in 2014: Willis
Commercial property insurance buyers could see prices fall from 10 to 20 percent on non-catastrophe risks in 2014 thanks to the influx of alternative capital to the insurance industry, insurance and ...
Researchers Question Privacy of Usage-Based Auto Insurance
A study by a handful of university professors in Colorado claims user-based insurance tracking programs installed in millions of vehicles can collect data that shows where drivers are going, ...
Downgrade of Tower Group to B++ Likely to Have Further Negative Effects: A.M. Best
A.M. Best Co. announced Tuesday that the rating agency has downgraded the financial strength rating of members of Tower Group to B++ (Good) from A- (Excellent), one day after the company itself ...