Underwriting
Commercial Auto Insurers Still Struggling
Underwriting results in most commercial lines insurance segments have noticeably improved over the last two years. However, commercial automobile insurers continue to struggle as this industry ...
Managing Flood Risk: AIR Worldwide’s Dr. Jayanta Guin Answers Questions
This summer, AIR Worldwide will release what it says is the property/casualty insurance industry's most detailed, physically based, probabilistic riverine flood model for the United States, answering ...
Business Urging Delaware Lawmakers Not to Block ‘Loser-Pays’ Bylaws
Big Business is lobbying Delaware lawmakers for corporate bylaws to shift legal fees to shareholders who sue and lose, which legal experts say could curtail a booming type of investor class actions. ...
Buffett May Up Berkshire’s Bets on Solar, Wind Power to $30B
Warren Buffett briefly lost track of how many billions of dollars his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is spending to build wind and solar power in the U.S. That didn't stop him from vowing to double the ...
Let’s Dance, Say Reinsurance Leaders With Mergers on Their Minds
Even though his appetite is temporarily sated from two key acquisitions in recent years, the leader of SCOR says the M&A "dancing floor will be open" across the reinsurance industry going ...
Mining Underwriting Opportunities With CoMeta
Speaking during a session at the Advisen Casualty Insights conference in March, Robert Reville, the chief executive officer of Praedicat, noted that while all mass litigation, historically, has been ...
Praedicat: Mining Data From Published Science to Spot the Next Casualty Cat
Emerging liability risks aren't likely to look like asbestos or silica in coming years, according to an expert who has been following the development of workplace torts for decades. Instead, the next ...
Travelers CEO Jay Fishman Crows About Big Returns vs. Banks
Travelers Cos. Chief Executive Officer Jay Fishman highlighted the insurer's history of posting better returns than banks and other large financial companies amid a period of increased Wall Street ...