Underwriting
Florida Eyes Effect of Lower Reinsurance Costs on Homeowners Rates
Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater wants to know why home insurers are not passing along to insureds apparent savings they are realizing on reinsurance. The state's insurance regulator says ...
Zurich Insurance ‘Confident’ About Reaching Improved Profitability Target
Zurich Insurance Group AG, Switzerland's biggest insurer, said it is still "confident" its non-life unit can improve a profitability target with cost cutting after it announced in August it may miss ...
Swiss Re Sees Emerging Market Infrastructure Construction Boosting Premiums
Swiss Re Ltd., the world's second- biggest reinsurer, estimates $43 trillion in infrastructure investments related to urbanization in emerging markets through 2030 may translate into $68 billion in ...
Q&A: Why Carrier Product Technology is an Indicator of Organizational Culture, Priorities
The perception that the insurance industry does not embrace or utilize technology as efficiently as it could is simply not true, says Craig Beattie, senior analyst for UK-based research company ...
S&P Ups XL Rating to A+; 3Q Earnings Fall on Large Losses
Standard & Poor's boosted the financial ratings of the operating subsidiaries of XL Group to A+ on Tuesday, providing external affirmation of positive progress made over the last five years. ...
Sandy Facts ‘n Figures
Superstorm Sandy made landfall as a post-tropical cyclone on the U.S. East Coast October 29, 2012 after cutting a destructive path through the Bahamas, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica ...
Nationwide’s Crestbrook Targets Affluent Market
Well-to-do Illinois residents and their insurance agents now have an additional option when it comes to protecting their assets. Crestbrook Insurance has selected Illinois for the launch of what is ...
Coverys Acquiring Ohio Medical Liability Insurer OHA
FinCor Holdings Inc., a member of Coverys which is based in Boston, has agreed to acquire OHA Holdings Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary OHA Insurance Solutions (OHAIS), located in Columbus, Ohio. ...