Underwriting
Hartford Hires Ex-Buffett Deputy Tooker as Underwriting Head
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., the insurer that has been selling life units to focus on property/casualty coverage, hired Morris Tooker as chief underwriting officer for P/C operations. ...
Executives On The Move at The Hartford, QBE and More
We have some executive hires and promotions to tell you about at The Hartford, QBE North America, Validus Holdings' Talbot Underwriting, Donegal Group Inc., and Wells Fargo Insurance: *** The ...
Uber Loses Bid To Toss Lawsuit Challenging Its Safety Claims
Uber Technologies Inc. lost a bid to dismiss a lawsuit over its claims to being safer than taxis. U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar in San Francisco on Friday allowed the case to proceed, finding that ...
Padgett Plaintiffs Ask Florida Supreme Court to Decide Workers Comp Constitutionality
A legal challenge to the constitutionality of Florida workers compensation system that was thrown out by a state appeals court may be headed to the Florida Supreme Court. The plaintiffs in the case ...
Retention With Profit: Best Practices for Auto Underwriting
"Every generation needs a new revolution," noted Thomas Jefferson, and in present times it seems that several revolutions are joining forces in the insurance world. The recent innovations of ...
The Top P/C M&A Deals in 2015 (So Far)
ACE Ltd. shocked the industry with news earlier in July that it would pay $28 billion in cash and stock for Chubb Corp., an industry rival. But it's only the latest in a series of M&A moves in ...
U.S. P/C Net Income Rises 31% in Q1: ISO and PCI Report
Private U.S. property/casualty insurers collectively generated growth, higher net income and an improved combined ratio in the 2015 first quarter, ISO and the Property Casualty Insurers Association ...
Boeing, Airbus Assessing Impact of Blast at U.S. Zodiac Aerospace Plant
A powerful blast at a Zodiac Aerospace factory in Washington state made some portions of the building unsafe to enter, raising concerns that the assembly of Boeing and Airbus aircraft could be ...