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Ironshore Boosts Life Sciences Business Coverage Capacity
A division of Ironshore Inc. – a billion-dollar insurance holding company – is expanding its pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industry coverage capacity. IronHealth is Ironshore's ...
Navigators Expands European Operations
The Navigators Group Inc., an international specialty insurance holding company, is pursuing a European expansion. Its European underwriting management subsidiary, Navigators Underwriting Ltd., has ...
Alternative Capital Now 20% of Cat Re Total: Aon Benfield
We've heard for a while now that alternative capital is increasing its share of the overall catastrophe reinsurance market. Aon Benfield Securities estimates its stake has now reached 20 percent of ...
Florida’s Reborn Home Insurance Market Unproven in Major Hurricane
As Florida seeks to revive its private home insurance market after almost a decade without a hurricane, homeowners are pouring $6 billion a year in premiums into a new generation of small, in-state ...
Major Storms Brewing in Both the Atlantic and Pacific
Tropical Storm Odile may become a hurricane tomorrow as it stays off Mexico's west coast, while tropical depressions formed in both the Atlantic and Pacific, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. ...
To Succeed, Detroit’s Deal with Syncora Needs Backing From Other Creditors
The fate of Detroit's watershed settlement with Syncora Guarantee Inc. may hinge on whether the bond insurer can win concessions from other creditors, including Bank of America Corp. and retired city ...
13 Years After 9/11, a Call to Renew TRIA
Thirteen years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the insurance industry and business they cover are restating their call to Congress to renew a law establishing federal reinsurance coverage to help ...
Canopius Unveils U.S. Property Re Expansion Push
Canopius Group Ltd., a global specialty reinsurance company based in the U.K., will expand its U.S. operations nearly a year after getting snatched up by a Japanese casualty insurance giant. Canopius ...