Personal Lines
Insurers in Chile Should be Able to Handle Quake Claims: Fitch Ratings
Chile continues to assess the damage of an 8.3 magnitude earthquake that killed more than 10 people on Sept. 17 and led to the evacuation of over 1 million people around the coast, according to media ...
Executives On The Move At XL Catlin, Hiscox, BHSI and More
We have executive appointments and promotions to tell you about at XL Catlin, Hiscox, ACORD, Measure and Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance: *** XL Catlin has appointed its post-merger specialty ...
Allstate CEO Wilson Pledges Rebound for Auto Insurance Combined Ratio
Allstate Corp. Chairman and CEO Thomas Wilson assured investors this week that the insurer is working hard to improve its automobile combined ratio, which spiked six points to 101.4 in the 2015 ...
Insurance Execs Struggle to Kindle the Innovation Spark: KPMG Survey
While insurance executives overwhelmingly know that innovation will drive future competitive advantage and growth, most seem to be struggling to kindle the spark within their organization, finds a ...
AIR Worldwide: Insurers Can Gain by Confronting Gap Between Insured and Economic Losses
While there's a significant global gap between disaster-related insured and economic losses, the dichotomy between both presents a growth opportunity for P/C carriers, AIR Worldwide concluded in a ...
Travelers CEO Fishman: U.S. Tax Rates Push Rivals to Bermuda and Elsewhere
Jay Fishman, who built New York-based Travelers Cos. into one of the world's biggest insurers, lamented that disparities in tax rates are pushing established rivals and industry newcomers outside the ...
California Wildfires Could Produce Record Insured Losses: Munich Re America
Two major Northern California wildfires destroyed more than 1,000 structures as of early morning on Sept. 16, and Munich Re America said the ongoing crisis could eventually cause historic levels of ...
P/C Insurance M&A Is Growing Rapidly With No Sign of Letting Up
Clyde & Co. and A.M. Best quell any remaining doubts about the return and acceleration of high-profile insurance/reinsurance M&A deals in two new reports. What's more, while transactions are ...