Underwriting
ACE Unveils Enhanced Clinical Trial Coverage for U.K.-Based Life Sciences Companies
ACE Group is unveiling expanded clinical trials liability coverage for U.K.-based life sciences companies, a product designed to cover their studies conducted around world. The new enhanced clinical ...
International Capital Standards Will be Slow in Coming: FIO’s McRaith
Insurers could see some version of an international capital standard by 2016, Federal Insurance Office Director Michael McRaith told a recent gathering of industry professionals in Washington, D.C. ...
Marsh: Demand For Transactional Risk Insurance is Surging Globally
The use of transactional risk insurance surged around the world in 2014, thanks to record demand in both mature and emerging markets from clients seeking to protect their corporate deals, according ...
Western U.S. Drought Pressures Expected to Intensify
Drought pressures will increase in California and western areas of the United States this spring even as the dry season begins, the government's Climate Prediction Center said on Thursday. "Periods ...
Bank of England Promises Fair Use of Solvency II Insurance Rules
The Bank of England said on Friday that it would apply new European Union insurance regulations "proportionately," following industry fears that the central bank might seek to add extra rules for ...
Zurich Exec to Senate Subcommittee: Industry Needs National Cyber Threat Database
Cyber insurance is one of the fastest growing property/casualty insurance markets. But the sector remains the Wild West of risk prevention, a fast moving target with rapidly-evolving risk portfolios, ...
China’s Ping An Insurance Reports 40 Percent Profit Gain in 2014
Ping An Insurance (Group) Co., China's second-biggest insurer, said profit rose 39.5 percent last year as stock-market rallies bolstered its investment returns and it accelerated overseas property ...
RMS Targets New Economic Exposure Datasets For 5 Asia Pacific Countries
RMS said it is rolling out new economic exposure datasets for five Asia Pacific countries, information that should better help perform detailed risk assessments for potential natural disasters. The ...