Underwriting
Reserve Strengthening Likely for UK Insurers After Personal Injury Discount Rate Cut
The earnings of U.K. insurers likely will be hit by reserve strengthening following the U.K. government's announcement of a dramatic cut to the discount rate used to calculate lump-sum personal ...
State Farm’s Auto Underwriting Loss Soared to $7B in 2016; Profit Plunged
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., the largest U.S. property-casualty insurer, said annual profit fell 94 percent on car insurance claims costs. Net income dropped to $400 million from $6.2 ...
The Latest Launches From Ironshore, QBE and Marsh
A new insurance endorsement from Ironshore is designed to help make academic campuses more secure. QBE North America has a new policy for motor carriers that combines two key coverage areas. Marsh's ...
Gaps Permeate Within Small Business Disaster Recovery Plans: Nationwide
Carriers targeting the small-business insurance market have their risk management jobs cut out for them in a key area: Many clients don't have a written disaster recovery plan in place despite a need ...
Report: AIG Explores Penalizing or Booting CEO Hancock Over Turnaround Setback
American International Group Inc's directors are discussing whether to penalize or oust Chief Executive Peter Hancock over a major setback in the insurance firm's turnaround plan, the Wall Street ...
Arch Re Launches Gulf Underwriting Entity to Supplement Gulf Re’s Role
Arch Reinsurance Ltd. has created an entity to handle its underwriting in the Gulf region and eventually replace the role Gulf Re plays in its business there, a few years after it had fully acquired ...
Brexit Aftermath: UK-Regulated Ship Insurers Eye Luxembourg, Cyprus Outposts
U.K.-regulated ship insurers are preparing plans to open new outposts in European Union jurisdictions such as Luxembourg and Cyprus, fearing that Brexit will hinder access to the EU's financial ...
Nissan First EU Tests of Self-Driving Car Begin in London
Guided by cameras and radars, and negotiating traffic and roundabouts, a self-driving Nissan car took to the streets of London on Monday for the Japanese company's first European tests of an ...