Personal Lines
Tacchetti Replacing LaRocco as AssureStart CEO
AssureStart, a Seattle-based technology startup that sells general liability and property insurance to small businesses on the Internet, announced that its board of directors named Greg Tacchetti ...
Nomura Warns Inflation Risks Could Tar Long-term Insurance Earnings
Property/casualty insurers' 2014 second-quarter earnings will generally serve as a model of stability, though inflation and other factors may adversely affect long-term trends, Nomura Equity Research ...
Tropical Storm Arthur Watch: Small Turns Could Mean Big Impact
As Tropical Storm Arthur develops off Florida's coast, AIR Worldwide isn't predicting an major insurance damage. But small moves can mean big changes, the Boston-based catastrophe modeling firm said ...
Predictive Modeling in Property/Casualty Insurance
Predictive modeling in property/casualty insurance has been most widely used in pricing, underwriting and marketing personal insurance products such as personal auto and residential. Commercial ...
Risk Remains After California’s La Habra Earthquake, Report Concludes
Southern Californians were lucky that a magnitude-5.1 earthquake that hit in March just 20 miles east of Los Angeles caused minor damage. A far worse event in the region is inevitable, however, and ...
El Niño Doesn’t Reduce Need for Hurricane Prep, Guy Carpenter Warns
Guy Carpenter & Co. LLC warned that the U.S. Atlantic and Caribbean coastal regions should prepare for at least two hurricanes to make landfall during the 2014 season, even with ...
Swiss Re: Emerging Markets Drove 2013 Non-Life Premium Growth
While global non-life insurance premiums increased in 2013, their growth rate dipped compared to the previous year. The slowdown could have become even worse, but robust coverage demands in most ...
Prescription Drugs Surpass Cannabis in Fatal Crashes
Since 1993, the profile of a drugged driver has changed substantially. A study released Monday in Public Health Reports shows that more drivers are now testing positive for prescription drugs, ...