Commercial Lines
Fighting Workers Compensation Fraud With New Strategies
Premium fraud and payroll misclassification have been big topics of discussion in workers compensation, especially after a recent report showed that New York City's construction industry cost the ...
U.S. Southwest Anticipates Flooding From Hurricane Odile
A week ago, Hurricane Norbert pumped tropical moisture across the U.S. Southwest, touching off record rainfall in Phoenix and Tucson that killed at least two people, flooded hundreds of homes and ...
XL Group, Munich Re and New Energy Risk Team Up to Insure Fuel Cell Portfolio
XL Group's Complex Accounts unit has teamed with Munich Re's Green Tech Solutions and consultants New Energy Risk (NER) to deliver an innovative performance insurance policy for a portfolio of fuel ...
Moody’s at Monte Carlo: Reinsurers Pushing into Primary Insurance
Reinsurers are seeking to push into the primary insurance market ranging from life to property coverage to shore up growth, said Moody's Investors Service. "We expect more mergers and acquisitions," ...
Florida’s Reborn Home Insurance Market Unproven in Major Hurricane
As Florida seeks to revive its private home insurance market after almost a decade without a hurricane, homeowners are pouring $6 billion a year in premiums into a new generation of small, in-state ...
Major Storms Brewing in Both the Atlantic and Pacific
Tropical Storm Odile may become a hurricane tomorrow as it stays off Mexico's west coast, while tropical depressions formed in both the Atlantic and Pacific, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. ...
13 Years After 9/11, a Call to Renew TRIA
Thirteen years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the insurance industry and business they cover are restating their call to Congress to renew a law establishing federal reinsurance coverage to help ...
Canopius Unveils U.S. Property Re Expansion Push
Canopius Group Ltd., a global specialty reinsurance company based in the U.K., will expand its U.S. operations nearly a year after getting snatched up by a Japanese casualty insurance giant. Canopius ...