Industry News
2015 Could Be Worst Year on Record for U.S. Wildfires: Munich Re America
When measured in terms of acres burned rather that insured losses, 2015 could go down in the record books as the worst wildfire year, a meteorologist from Munich Re America said last week. Mark Bove, ...
S&P, Fitch Differ on Whether Reinsurance Price Declines Are Moderating
Two of the P/C industry's ratings entities – Fitch and Standard & Poor's – differ as to whether they see a moderation of ongoing reinsurance price declines. Fitch sees the downward trend ...
Investors In the Dark About Worsening Corporate Cyber Crime Risks
Investors are being poorly served by a haphazard approach from fund managers to the growing threat of cyber crime damaging the companies in which they invest, with a lack of clarity from the ...
Controversial Trinity Guardrail System Set For Extra Testing in Virginia
Trinity Industries Inc.'s guardrail system will undergo additional crash testing by Virginia, raising new questions about a device on roadways across the country. Some of Virginia's six proposed ...
Exclusive Webinar: Six Servant Leadership Practices
On September 8, 2015 at 1:30 p.m. EST, Executive Coach Marcel Schwantes will host a webinar for Carrier Management readers titled "Six Servant Leadership Practices That Drive Performance and Increase ...
S&P: Reinsurance M&A Will Follow Berkshire Hathaway Model
Reinsurance M&A activity should continue well into 2016 as competitive pressures continue unabated, Standard & Poor's asserted in a new industry report. The ratings entity said that the ...
Report: U.K.’s Professional Indemnity Sector Poised For More Robust Growth
The professional indemnity and directors & officers insurance sector has grown constantly since 2012 and is expected to continue the upward trend until at least 2019, according to the findings of ...
Allstate Using Promise of Retail Therapy to Entice Safer Driving
Allstate believes it can entice customers to drive more safely with the promise of retail therapy. In theory, the added benefit could also attract new clients. The Illinois based multi-line insurer ...