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Long Wildfire Season Ahead; Weary Crews Prepare
Firefighters scoured charred hillsides north of San Diego on Saturday to guard against a resurgence of flames that ripped through the region, while the last of tens of thousands of evacuees prepared ...
How Technology Is Quietly Revolutionizing Insurance Distribution: Swiss Re Report
Technology is changing the way insurers and consumers interact and giving insurers access to considerable data so they can better understand their customers, says Swiss Re in its latest sigma study. ...
Property Events Create Emerging Risks for Casualty Insurers
When we think of large insured losses arising from natural or manmade disasters, we see images from hurricane or earthquake devastation. First-party property damage and business interruption losses ...
Florida Cat Fund Has $13B as Hurricane Season Starts
Florida is entering a new hurricane season with continued good news. The state-created fund that backs up private insurers in Florida has billions in the bank and appears capable of withstanding a ...
RAND Study Backing TRIA Among Latest Additions to Continuing Renewal Debate
More than seven months before the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act is set to expire yet again, the lobbying push to renew it or let the post-9/11 law lapse is accelerating, with no consensus yet in ...
Brit PLC Grabs QBE’s Aviation Business After Solid Quarter
Brit PLC, a global specialty insurer and reinsurer focused on property, casualty and energy, will snatch up QBE Underwriting Ltd.'s renewal rights to its London-based Lloyd's Aviation Business. ...
What Causes Wildfires? People, Brush and More
Spring's not even over and already wildfires have raged in California, New Mexico and Oregon this year. A bulletin issued by the National Interagency Fire Center forecasts above normal fire potential ...
Tower Group Fields Unsolicited Offer From Eastern European Insurer
An Eastern European insurer based in countries including Romania, Bulgaria and Macedonia submitted a surprise bid to snatch up Tower Group International, an unexpected wrinkle in Tower's increasingly ...