Personal Lines
Executives On The Move at CNA, Arch Insurance and Guy Carpenter
CNA chose a former Accenture executive as its latest chief operations officer. Arch Insurance is bringing an ex-AIG executive to run its U.S. property arm. An executive at Willis Re is switching to ...
Tropical Storm Gordon Weakens to Tropical Depression, Missing Hurricane Predictions
Gordon was rapidly weakening to a tropical depression after coming ashore near the Alabama-Mississippi border late Tuesday and killing at least one person while knocking out power to thousands. The ...
Potential Flood of Flood Insurance Lawsuits Looming
Everyone in the insurance industry knows that the National Flood Insurance Program is on its deathbed, notwithstanding the recently passed extension, and many are prepared to step in. Insurers are ...
PURE Wins A.M. Best Ratings Upgrade
The PURE Group of Insurance Companies won an A.M. Best ratings upgrade, thanks to its strong overall performance. Specifically, A.M. Best upgraded the financial strength rating to "A (Excellent)" ...
The 2018 Atlantic Hurricane Season: Still Unusually Quiet
Where are all the big Atlantic storms? A year ago, Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas, kicking off a parade of destructive storms that made 2017 the costliest Atlantic season ever. So far in ...
Zurich Insurance Begins Competition to Find Cutting-Edge InsurTech Collaborators
Zurich Insurance Group believes a competition will help it find cutting-edge startups and entrepreneurs with whom to collaborate in the InsurTech space. The Swiss insurer launched what it is calling ...
If You Want a Job, 63 Percent of Insurers Are Looking, Jacobson/Ward Study Found
A majority of insurance companies plan to hire additional employees in 2018, even as the industry's unemployment rate hovers at a record low and the labor market remains extremely competitive, ...
Employee Job Satisfaction Rises; Unhappiness Over Training, Bonuses, Promotion Is an Issue
Slightly more than half of U.S. employees claim to be satisfied with their jobs, a statistic to consider as Labor Day 2018 approaches. Specifically, 51 percent of U.S. employees said they are ...