Underwriting
Insurers’ Private Wildfire Crews Offer Wealthy Homeowners Extra Protection
Bill Potter wasn't eager to abandon his high-end house last month during evacuations forced by a massive Idaho wildfire, but he felt reassured when his insurance company sent a team to protect his ...
Forecasters Humbled, Insurers Relieved by Quiet Atlantic Hurricane Season
The 2013 Atlantic hurricane season is humbling forecasters by shaping up as the first in almost two decades without a major storm, confounding predictions that it would be more active than normal. ...
UN Report: Global Warming Has Slowed; Sea Levels to Rise More Quickly
Global warming has slowed since 1998 even though humans spewing ever more greenhouse gases are almost certainly to blame for damaging the atmosphere. That's according to a 36-page summary of a report ...
Endurance Building ‘Relevance’ Through Leadership Changes, CFO Says
Armed with the overstuffed Rolodex of its new CEO, John Charman, Endurance Specialty Holdings is moving into new markets like a startup, the company's chief financial officer suggested at an investor ...
Auto Insurance Buyers Driven by Price: J.D. Power
Rate increases are driving more customers to obtain competitive price quotes, while satisfaction with the buying experience is trending downward among new-buyer customers due to lower price ...Industries Look to UN Report for Guidance on Climate Risks
Companies increasingly factor extreme weather into their strategic planning and a report from the United Nations due on Friday is expected to underscore the heightened risks they face. Extreme ...
Berkshire Seen as Just One More Competitor to E&S Execs
Despite Berkshire-Hathaway's entrance into specialty insurance business, standard markets are still the players most capable of changing the dynamics of the surplus lines market, executives said ...
Insurers Offer Discounts for High Net Worth Client Inventory, Appraisal Service
A high tech start-up is promising to give property/casualty insurance companies and brokers access to real-time data on their upscale insureds' property and possessions, making it easier for the ...