Leadership & Strategy
MAPFRE’s U.S. Arm Jumps Into Life Insurance Market
The U.S. arm of Spanish insurance giant MAPFRE Group is getting into the life insurance business. MAPFRE U.S.A., the 19th largest provider of personal automobile insurance in the United States, said ...
Top 5 Public and Private Regional Carriers: Assured Research
In their latest report on regional insurance carriers, analysts at Assured Research provided a ranking of the top five insurers in each of six regions, using direct premiums written in 2013 to ...
Best and Worst Performing Regional Carriers: Assured Research
Which regional carriers made an underwriting profit in 2013? Analysts at Assured Research listed the Top 5 and Bottom 5 private and public regional insurers based on statutory combined ratios. (Click ...
Winds Blowing West, Southwest for Regional Carrier Growth
The wide open spaces of the West and Southwest are beckoning some U.S. property/casualty insurers looking to grow premium volumes in previously uncharted territories, according to a new analysis of ...
Earthquake Insurer Startup Expands Into Multiple States
Palomar Specialty Insurance Company has expanded into 10 more states, six months after launching as a provider of commercial and residential earthquake insurance. The California-based company ...
Survey: Insurers Gain More From Digital vs. TV Ads
Insurance companies that spend their advertising dollars on digital ads can increase their brand awareness far more than they can with television. A study by the digital advertising services firm ...
Allied World Paying $215M for RSA’s Hong Kong and Singapore Business
Allied World Assurance Company, Ltd. will fork over at least $215 million for RSA Insurance Group's Hong Kong and Singapore business, fueling further expansion for the mega-insurer in Asia. The cash ...
Global Bank Giants Face U.S. Warnings Over Risk Assessment Practices
U.S. regulators are sending some of the biggest global banks verbal warnings as they crack down on the firms' poor grasp of their own weaknesses, and push for rapid improvements in risk assessment, ...