Underwriting
Fitch Drops Tower Group Rating Another Notch to ‘B’ as RBC Ratios Fall
Fitch Ratings announced Thursday that it downgraded the insurer financial strength ratings of the operating subsidiaries of Tower Group International, Ltd.'s to "B" from "BB." In October 2013, ...
200-Plus Startups Launched in Ride-Sharing, Handbag-Borrowing Revival
Rayshauna Gray makes frequent trips around New England from her home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 27-year-old doesn't own a car and says she can't imagine ever wanting to. It takes two minutes ...
Fastest Growing E&S Carriers in Top 30 Revealed: Fitch Report
In a year-end report on the U.S. excess and surplus lines market, data compiled by Fitch Ratings revealed that the top growing E&S writers in recent years were not necessarily the biggest. The ...
Florida Flood Policy to be Offered in Six Additional States
A Florida insurance agency that stepped forward last month to offer a private market stand-alone flood coverage policy in Florida has started marketing the policy in six other states. The ...
Chart-Topping Carrier Management Charts: Top D&O Insurers, Analytics Analysis
In addition to feature articles, news articles, videos and podcasts, Carrier Management published dozens of charts in 2013, the most popular of which featured rankings of insurers. As the year comes ...
Four Airlines Win Terror Insurance Extension
U.S. government insurance that guarantees airlines are covered against terrorism and war was extended for four carriers, including Virgin America Inc., that otherwise would have lost coverage at the ...
CoreLogic Acquires Catastrophe Modeler EQECAT
CoreLogic, an Irivine, Calif. company that provides the insurance, financial services and real estate industries with data and analytics, has acquired catastrophe modeling firm EQECAT from ABS Group. ...
Greenberg, Dowling Top 2013 Videos on Carrier Management Channel
Video interviews with Maurice "Hank" Greenberg and V.J. Dowling were the most popular videos broadcast on the Carrier Management Channel of Insurance Journal TV this year. A list of the top 10 ...