Commercial Lines
House National Flood Insurance Program Revamp Calls for 5-Year Renewal
A much-anticipated House subcommittee proposal on flood insurance promises to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) for five years beyond its September 30 expiration date. The ...
Eastern European Nations Push for Soft Brexit Deal
Eastern members of the European Union are pushing for a soft separation with Britain, hoping that this would protect the rights of millions of east Europeans living and working there. Top policy ...
Zurich’s North America Commercial Insurance Arm Revamped to Include Specialty Products
Zurich North America's streamlining continues with another new change. The insurer's Specialty Products business is being brought together with its North America Commercial Insurance arm. Zurich, in ...
Three Lloyd’s Insurers Form Asia Political Risk Consortium
Three Lloyd's insurers have joined forces to form a Political Risk Consortium in Asia, offering increased capacity for a wide range of political and contract frustration risks. Beazley, Chaucer and ...
Executives On The Move at The Hartford, QBE and XL Catlin
The Hartford appointed a new chief operating officer for its property/casualty business. QBE is getting a new group chief financial officer. XL Catlin promoted someone to be chief underwriting ...
U.S. P/C Q1 2017 Net Underwriting Losses Surpassed $841M
The U.S. property/casualty industry posted a first-quarter 2017 net underwriting loss of $841.5 million, according to preliminary financial results, continuing the industry's underwriting loss trend ...
Swiss Re Placed $925M Catastrophe Bond for California Earthquake Authority
Swiss Re Capital Markets Corp. has successfully structured and placed the issuance of $925 million of insurance-linked securities for the California Earthquake Authority. Swiss Re Capital Markets ...
OneBeacon Pilots Uber Driver Injury Protection Coverage in 8 States
An arm of OneBeacon Insurance Group is piloting usage-based driver injury protection insurance for Uber rideshare drivers. The new policy, from OneBeacon Accident and Health, has an initial rollout ...