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Industry Alliance Formed Promoting Value on High Net Worth Specialists
The Private Risk Management Association (PRMA) on Tuesday announced its formation as a nonprofit, independent, member-owned organization committed to supporting the specialist high net worth ...
Feds Will Play a Role in U.S. Insurance Regulation, FIO’s McRaith Says
While Treasury's Federal Insurance Office is promoting a hybrid landscape of state and federal insurance regulation, discussion in insurance regulatory circles still centers on preemption of state ...
Consumer Group Offers Fix for Uninsured Motorist Problem
Most uninsured motorists in the U.S. are responsible, safe drivers who simply cannot afford to purchase liability coverage with their income but who still need to drive for their work, according to a ...
Private Equity, Insurance Execs Team Up on Earthquake Insurer Startup
Genstar Capital Management, LLC, a middle market private equity firm announced Wednesday that it has partnered with insurance industry veteran David M. "Mac" Armstrong to set up an earthquake ...
APIW to Honor Vaughan as 2014 Insurance Woman of the Year
The Association of Professional Insurance Women has selected Therese M. Vaughan as this year's recipient of the APIW Insurance Woman of the Year Award. A cocktail reception and award ceremony ...
Top 5 States for Auto, Homeowners Rates Hikes Revealed: Perr&Knight
Personal auto insurance companies increased their rates by an average of 2.5 percent countrywide in 2013, according to insurance consulting firm Perr&Knight's RateWatch reports. The 2013 increase ...
Ironshore Names Executive Committee to Drive Growth Strategy
Specialty insurer Ironshore Inc. said it has formed a Group Executive Leadership Committee to formulate the firm's strategy for continued growth and enhanced performance of its group of companies ...
Could Smart Computers Really Replace Half of U.S. Jobs?
Who needs an army of lawyers when you have a computer? When Minneapolis attorney William Greene faced the task of combing through 1.3 million electronic documents in a recent case, he turned to a ...