Commercial Lines
U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Obamacare Challenge
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a legal challenge to a key part of the Obamacare health law that, if successful, would limit the availability of federal health insurance subsidies for ...
Home Depot Also Admits Hacker Theft of 53 Million E-Mail Addresses
Home Depot Inc., which suffered a data breach between April and September, said 53 million e-mail addresses were taken by hackers during the attack, in addition to the 56 million payment cards that ...
Aspen’s U.S. Arm Realigns Casualty Business
Aspen U.S. Insurance, part of the insurance segment of Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd., announced Thursday that it has realigned its casualty business to better serve broker partners and deliver ...
Virgin Galactic Crash Could Help Trigger Aviation Rate Hikes: A.M. Best
Aviation insurance could get more expensive in the coming months, thanks in part, to the recent crash of the Virgin Galactic test flight and the NASA Antares rocket explosion A.M. Best concluded in a ...
RSA CEO: Premiums Down; Strategy to ‘Reset’ Insurer Ahead of Schedule
RSA Insurance Group Plc declined in London trading after reporting lower premiums in the first nine months of this year as prices fell and it withdrew from less profitable businesses. RSA, which was ...
The P/C Industry Calculates Its Future After Republican U.S. Election Gains
A day after the 2014 midterm elections gave Republicans control of the U.S. Senate, wider control of the House and major gains in state races across the nation, lobbyists for the property/casualty ...
In October, the Worst Storms Slammed Into India and Japan
As of Nov. 1, the U.S. achieved 3,295 consecutive days without a major hurricane landfall. That doesn't mean there weren't major storm events in October, but the worst ones hit India and Japan ...
ING’s Former Canadian P/C Arm Thrives With Fewer Catastrophe Losses
Intact Financial Corp, Canada's largest property and casualty insurer, reported a more than four-fold rise in quarterly profit, helped by a sharp fall in catastrophe losses. The company's profit last ...