Underwriting
Longer-Term El Nino Warnings Promise to Help Farmers with Drought, Floods
Scientists have found a way to forecast El Nino weather events in the Pacific a year in advance, long enough to let farmers plant crops less vulnerable to global shifts in rainfall, a study showed on ...
AIR Releases Japan Earthquake Model Update; Reflects Tohoku Insights
Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide announced Monday that it has updated its Earthquake Model for Japan to include insights gained from the Great Tohoku earthquake of March 2011. The Tohoku event ...
Changing the Way Businesses Defend Against Cyber Attacks
Hackers have attacked news organizations, social media sites, major corporations and government agencies, accessing private documents and personal information. Still most organizations do not ...
EPLI in Southern California Playing ‘Hard’ to Get
Employment practices liability in California is a growing concern for insurers, agents and employers, and that concern has some carriers ramping up rates dramatically or quietly pulling back from the ...
Political Risk Insurers Monitor Brazil, Turkey Impact; No Losses Yet
The large political demonstrations taking place in major cities in Turkey and Brazil in June have not yet impacted the political risk insurance market, according to a report by Marsh last week. "As ...
US Auto Industry Preview: June Sales Harken Back To Pre-Recession Levels
U.S. car dealers like Don Kerstetter have every reason to be happy these days as the industry is partying like it's 2007—facing demand not seen since before a recession that drove General Motors ...New Guy Carp Group Targets Mutual Co. Capital, Growth Issues
Last week, Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC, announced the launch of a Mutual Company Specialty Practice, which will focus exclusively on the unique needs of mutual insurance companies. The practice ...
Progressive, USAA Enter License Agreement for Usage-Based Insurance
Progressive Insurance announced Friday that it is entering into a licensing agreement with United Services Automobile Association for intellectual property related to usage-based car insurance ...