Underwriting
TRIPRA Uncertainty Already Pushing Workers Comp Rates Up, Marsh Says
Without disclosing the magnitude of rate changes they may be facing, Marsh reported Tuesday that employers with large concentrations of employees are experience workers compensation rate hikes and ...
Latest New Zealand Quake Adds to Growing List in Region, AIR Says
Reporting on the latest earthquake to strike New Zealand earlier this week, catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide said the magnitude 6.2 quake was one of many to shake the region over the years. ...
P/C Insurance Execs Expect TRIA Renewal, But Split on Workers Comp Profits
While more than 90 percent of property/casualty insurance industry executives say they expect renewal of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, the jury is out on whether commercial lines profits will ...
Northridge Earthquake Today Could Cost Insurers $20B: RMS
An earthquake like 1994's Northridge, California quake could cause $20 billion in insured losses today, catastrophe modeling firm RMS said last week. RMS made the announcement on Friday, Jan. 17, ...
Brown & Brown to Acquire Flood, Specialty Insurer Wright Insurance Group
Florida-based national insurance broker Brown & Brown, Inc. has agreed to acquire The Wright Insurance Group, LLC for $602.5 million from Aquiline Capital Partners, Wright's lead equity partner. ...
U.N. Report Outlines Climate Change Solutions
Governments may have to extract vast amounts of greenhouse gases from the air by 2100 to achieve a target for limiting global warming, backed by trillion-dollar shifts towards clean energy, a draft ...
Google’s Buy of Nest Labs Seen Improving Smart-Home Gizmo Connections
Google Inc. is jumping into digital home automation with its acquisition of Nest Labs Inc., shining a spotlight on an unproven market that has so far been filled with expensive devices that can't ...
Desjardins Group to Acquire State Farm Canada Businesses
Desjardins Group, the leading cooperative financial group in Canada, announced Wednesday that it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase State Farm Canada's property/casualty and life ...