Underwriting
S&P Cuts RSA Insurance Credit Rating Citing ‘Weakening’ Management
RSA Insurance Group Plc may be set for more downgrades, threatening its ability to retain commercial clients, after Standard & Poor's cut its credit rating to the lowest in more than a decade. ...
GEICO Passes Allstate to Become 2d Largest U.S. Auto Insurer: SNL
Based on third quarter reports, GEICO Corp. has surpassed Allstate Corp. to become the nation's second-largest private auto insurer. According to data compiled by SNL, GEICO logged $4.89 billion in ...
UBS Not Liable for Touting Risk Controls Breached by Rogue Trader
U.S. securities laws have their limits and do not justify making UBS AG liable to shareholders for touting its ability to control risk even as it harbored a rogue trader who caused $2.3 billion of ...
Florida’s Citizens Says Clearinghouse Delay Allows More Insurers to Join
Florida's state-backed property insurer announced that the debut of a new web-based clearinghouse would be delayed for a few weeks in order to ensure it is working efficiently and to allow more ...
2013 Had Lowest Hurricane Count Since 1982: Willis Re
The 2013 Atlantic storm season was one of the quietest in decades, with the lowest number of hurricanes since 1982 and none of them considered major, according to insurance broker Willis Re. An ...
Health Care D&O Rates Rise Significantly in Third Quarter: Marsh
Health care organizations paid significantly more for their directors and officers liability insurance in the third quarter of 2013 amid growing concerns over antitrust issues arising from ...
Are Wireless Cos. Resisting Antitheft Switch to Sell Insurance, Asks NY AG
New York State attorney general is investigating why American cellphone carriers are yet to support antitheft software on Samsung smartphones, raising questions about possible coordination among the ...
Pipeline Blast in China Exposes Urban Sprawl Risks
A Chinese oil pipeline punctured twice a week by oil thieves cleared a safety inspection just two months before a section of the line exploded and killed 62 people in November, sources at the ...