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Watch This Video: PCI’s Wienecke Outlines Bipartisan Industry Agenda
A replacement collision parts bill. State-based regulation. Flood insurance. These are some of the high priority legislative issues for the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America this ...
XL Catlin Maintains Positive Fitch Ratings Assessment
Fitch Ratings remains cautious optimistic about XL Group, corporate parent of the newly merged XL Catlin, maintaining it previous positive assessment of the global insurer and reinsurer. Fitch said ...
Recently we explored how specialty insurance markets emerge and the signals that help MGAs distinguish a lasting opportunity from temporary...
Willis, Ebix Eye 1,000-Plus Carriers With Launch of Global Electronic Accounting Platform
Willis Group Holdings and Ebix, Inc. are targeting more than 1,000 carriers with a new a global electronic accounting platform designed to help speed cash flow and settle claims more quickly for ...
CAS Launches Program Leading to Predictive Analytics, Data Science Credentials
Specialists in predictive analytics and data science will soon be able to add credentials reflecting their expertise to their résumés and business cards, provided they meet the requirements of a ...
Terrorism’s Global Property Damage Costs Highest Since 9/11 Attacks
In the wake of Friday's massacre in Paris, a new report says the world is paying the highest price for terrorism since the 2001 attack on New York's Twin Towers. In 2014, acts of terror cost the ...
AIG, Dealing With Pressure from Icahn, Amends Proxy Access Bylaws
American International Group Inc., the insurer pressured by activist investor Carl Icahn to split into three companies, amended its bylaws to allow certain shareholders to include director ...
Executives On The Move at ACE, Allianz and RenaissanceRe
ACE, prepping for its $28 billion acquisition of Chubb, named a new post-merger executive to replace one who is jumping ship. Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty has a new head of global ...
Aspen U.S. Launches Railroad Coverage
Aspen U.S. Insurance has appointed David Adamczyk as executive vice president of its new railroad business line, effective Nov. 30, 2015. He will report to Bob Rheel, president of Aspen U.S. ...