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Zurich’s North America Commercial Insurance Arm Revamped to Include Specialty Products
Zurich North America's streamlining continues with another new change. The insurer's Specialty Products business is being brought together with its North America Commercial Insurance arm. Zurich, in ...
Three Lloyd’s Insurers Form Asia Political Risk Consortium
Three Lloyd's insurers have joined forces to form a Political Risk Consortium in Asia, offering increased capacity for a wide range of political and contract frustration risks. Beazley, Chaucer and ...
When MGAs manage a high volume of insurance submissions, underwriting speed often depends on what happens before an underwriter ever...
A Stormier-Than-Usual Atlantic Hurricane Season Is Possible as El Nino Odds Dissipate
The Atlantic hurricane season will likely churn out an above-average 11 to 17 named storms, in part due to fading odds than an El Nino will form in the Pacific. Of storms that emerge during the ...
Executives On The Move at The Hartford, QBE and XL Catlin
The Hartford appointed a new chief operating officer for its property/casualty business. QBE is getting a new group chief financial officer. XL Catlin promoted someone to be chief underwriting ...
U.S. P/C Q1 2017 Net Underwriting Losses Surpassed $841M
The U.S. property/casualty industry posted a first-quarter 2017 net underwriting loss of $841.5 million, according to preliminary financial results, continuing the industry's underwriting loss trend ...
New Business Goes to Auto Insurers With Strong Underwriting Results: J.D. Power Study
Insurers with the strongest new business yield rates also have strong combined ratios in personal auto in the "J.D. Power 2017 U.S. Insurance Shopping Study." We define new business yield rates as ...
Swiss Re Placed $925M Catastrophe Bond for California Earthquake Authority
Swiss Re Capital Markets Corp. has successfully structured and placed the issuance of $925 million of insurance-linked securities for the California Earthquake Authority. Swiss Re Capital Markets ...
OneBeacon Pilots Uber Driver Injury Protection Coverage in 8 States
An arm of OneBeacon Insurance Group is piloting usage-based driver injury protection insurance for Uber rideshare drivers. The new policy, from OneBeacon Accident and Health, has an initial rollout ...