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Changing Reinsurance Market Conditions Favor Mutual Insurers: Willis Re
Mutual insurers are in a prime position to capitalize on changes in the traditional reinsurance market, according to Willis Re, the reinsurance broking arm of Willis Group Holdings. The recent 1st ...
U.S. Regulators Making Progress Against ‘Too-Big-to-Fail’
For the past year, a special team of U.S. bank regulators has been on a quiet mission to end the belief on Wall Street that large banks are "too big to fail." The team from the Federal Deposit ...
Preview: U.S. Top Court Weighs Patentability Of Human Genes
Soon after learning that his son had autism, Hollywood producer Jon Shestack ("Air Force One") tried to get researchers investigating the genetic causes of the disorder to pool their DNA samples, the ...
What to Expect In Commercial Insurance Claims, Prices for Remainder of 2013: Willis
Although a recent broker report on property/casualty pricing expectations puts some commercial casualty hikes into double-digit territory this year, the overall message of Willis' 2013 Marketplace ...State Insurance Commissioners Approve American Indian Outreach
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has approved the formation of an American Indian Liaison Committee to address cooperation between sovereign states and sovereign tribal ...
P/C Insurers on Good Pricing, Underwriting Track: Conning
With 2012 preliminary results showing improvement in profitability in the sector, the property/casualty insurance industry should see continued strong net premium growth and a substantially improved ...
UPDATE: Japan, U.S. Agree on Tokyo Joining Trans-Pacific Trade Talks
Japan and the United States on Friday agreed on a deal paving the way for Tokyo to join talks on an Asia-Pacific free trade agreement, increasing the economic weight of the proposed pact and ...
India Seeks Investors from U.S., Canada to Fund Current Deficit
India's finance minister will seek to drum up foreign investment from the United States and Canada this week to fund a record high current account deficit, even as policymakers debate the risks of ...