Commercial Lines
Nine Straight Years for P/C Reserves Releases: Fitch
Property/casualty insurers continued to take down loss reserves for prior years in 2014, which marked the ninth straight calendar year of favorable development for the industry in aggregate, ...
Hamilton Insurance Expands Into Space and Professional Lines
Hamilton Insurance Group plans to expand into space and professional lines, and has hired two senior underwriters to lead the effort. The expansion work will be through Hamilton Underwriting Ltd., ...
Parisian Businesses Can Seek Help from Terrorism Reinsurance Fund
Parisian businesses struggling after the Nov. 13 attacks are likely to be able to make successful insurance claims, helped by a state-backed fund set up in the wake of the Sept. 11 2001 attacks in ...
Swiss Re: Emerging Markets Still Driving Non-Life Premium Growth
Non-life insurance premium growth should improve in 2016 and 2017, with emerging markets driving the charge, Swiss Re said in its annual insurance outlook. Emerging markets will generate ...
ACE/Chubb Merger Effort Ramps Up Exec Appointment Announcements
In the months following ACE Ltd.'s surprise July announcement that it would acquire Chubb for $28 billion, what began as a trickle is now a flood. Specifically, ACE's announcements of its post-merger ...
Actuaries vs. Underwriters: Can Analytics Bring Them Together?
It's bad enough that property/casualty insurance companies are trying to fend off competitors in their own industry—and potential disrupters from outside—both vying to steal good risks away at ...
Executives On The Move at Markel, Kemper, Validus and State Auto
We have a changing of the guard to tell you about involving the leadership at Markel Corp., Kemper and Validus Holdings. Meanwhile, the new leader of State Auto Financial Corp has been named chairman ...
ACE Discloses New Round of Post-Chubb-Merger Appointments
ACE Ltd. disclosed yet another slate of executive appointments, most of which become effective after its $28 billion merger with Chubb closes in the 2016 first quarter. Among them is John Keogh. He's ...