Underwriting
NAMIC: TRIA Renewal Will Likely Come Down to the Wire
The Terrorism Risk Insurance act, or TRIA, expires on Dec. 31, 2014, unless Congress passes renewal legislation. At least one industry lobbyist predicts this will happen, but almost at the last ...
NAMIC Conference: Gen Re’s Kingdollar Sounds Alarm About Emerging Risks
Cyber attacks, nanotechnology, 3D printing, and natural gas drilling aren't necessarily on the minds of your typical property/casualty mutual insurer. But Charlie Kingdollar said that these and many ...
Few Bad Weather Events = Strong P/C Q3: KBW
Most property/casualty insurers and reinsurers will likely have strong 2014 third-quarter results, thanks to the absence of major hurricanes and below-average catastrophe losses, analysts at Keefe, ...
Nursing Home Trial Challenges Liability Transfers to Shell Companies
Juanita Jackson died in July 2003, five weeks after she was removed from a Florida nursing home where her family said continual neglect led to multiple bedsores, malnutrition and a fall that injured ...
Marijuana and Workers Comp
There are some who believe medical marijuana and the workplace are a potent mix just waiting to be stirred as increasingly more states approve the herb and its derivatives for medicinal use. Not only ...
Europe Beats U.S. in M&A Insurance Industry Deals: Clyde & Co.
Insurance and reinsurance industry M&A deals have picked up a bit in Europe and elsewhere. But they keep declining in the U.S., continuing to deny it the lead in a space it has typically ...
XL Group Tags Four for Scottsdale E&S Launch
XL Group has launched a regional underwriting operation in Scottsdale, Ariz., the carrier announced last week, saying that it would be staffed by four former underwriters of Scottsdale Insurance— ...
Moody’s, A.M. Best See a Slowing Surplus Lines Market
Two insurance rating entities see slowing rate increases for the surplus lines segment in the coming months, as competition grows and rate hikes slow. Moody's Investors Service said that the U.S. ...