Specialty
The Bottom Line: Earnings Reports for RLI, RenRe and AXIS Capital
For publicly traded commercial insurers and reinsurers that reported 2021 earnings in January 2022, net income soared nearly 40 percent, with double-digit premium growth and higher levels of ...
Cyber Insurers Working to Keep Up With Criminals
It's no question the cyber crime landscape is constantly evolving, keeping large and small businesses on their toes. But another industry is rapidly changing, and if businesses don't keep up, they ...
How Zurich Commercial Uses Underwriting Discipline to Find Profit in Any Market
Zurich Insurance Group has worked hard to turn around its financial results over the past five years by bringing underwriting back to the organization, with a greater focus on selecting the right ...
The Latest Launches From Zurich, Berkley
Zurich has launched a service to help businesses assess and improve their DEI. Berkley has formed a new business to provide excess liability insurance for contractors throughout the construction ...
Commercial Auto Among Lines With Flattening Rates: USI 2022 Forecast
Although it wasn't the headline of a commercial insurance broker's market pricing report last week, the report's observation that "commercial auto liability coverage rates are starting to flatten" is ...
Executives on the Move at Arch Re, Guidewire, AXA XL
Arch Reinsurance Company announced several changes to its leadership team that were effective Jan. 1, 2022: Peder Moeller was promoted to chief executive officer. He has nearly 14 years of tenure ...
Deadly Soot Levels Unchecked as Big Oil, EPA Spar Over Regs
A deadly form of soot pollution from U.S. refineries has gone unregulated for decades because of a dispute between the U.S. oil industry and federal environmental officials over how to measure it, ...
Executives on the Move at Canopius, BHSI, Brit
Canopius Group, the London-based global specialty re/insurer, has appointed Neil Robertson as group chief executive officer. Part of his focus will be on developing the company's Asia-Pacific, ...