Industry News
The Institutes, Univ. of Wisconsin Team Up on Insurance Manager Program
The Institutes have partnered with the Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to offer a Leadership Development program designed for property/casualty insurance managers ...
U.S. Offers Outline of 2015 Global Climate Pact to United Nations
The United States on Wednesday submitted to the United Nations its vision for a new international climate agreement that is "built to last," outlining what it thinks should be the main elements of a ...
Excess & Surplus Lines Is The Stable Place to Be: Scottsdale’s Miller
The excess and surplus (E&S) lines insurance industry was in a good place last year, characterized by a stable market and moderate growth, according to one executive who is bullish on the sector. ...
Conan Ward Heading U.S. Ops for Hamilton Insurance Group
Hamilton Insurance Group, Ltd., the holding company for Bermuda-based Class 4 property/casualty reinsurer Hamilton Re, announced Tuesday that Conan M. Ward has been hired to head the group's U.S. ...
Infantino Named Education Director for IJ’s Academy of Insurance
Laurie Infantino, AFIS, CIC, CISC, CISR, ACSR, CRIS, has been named Education Director of Insurance Journal's Academy of Insurance. The insurance education professional will focus on the quality of ...
RMS(one) To Be Available in April; ARA Putting Hurricane Model on Platform
On Tuesday, RMS announced that it will release version 1.0 of RMS(one), the company's exposure and risk-management platform, on Apr. 15, 2014. All RMS catastrophe models, as well as select models ...U.S. Releases Guidelines for Improved Corporate Cybersecurity
The U.S. government on Wednesday released the final version of standards meant to help companies in nationally critical industries better defend against cyber attacks, and officials now face the ...
Reinsurance CEOs: What Alternative Capital Means to Traditional Industry
The hottest topic in the reinsurance world was on the agenda at the Property/Casualty Insurance Joint Industry Forum in January, where two reinsurance executives gave different perspectives on what ...