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Top 5 Public and Private Regional Carriers: Assured Research
In their latest report on regional insurance carriers, analysts at Assured Research provided a ranking of the top five insurers in each of six regions, using direct premiums written in 2013 to ...
Best and Worst Performing Regional Carriers: Assured Research
Which regional carriers made an underwriting profit in 2013? Analysts at Assured Research listed the Top 5 and Bottom 5 private and public regional insurers based on statutory combined ratios. (Click ...
Winds Blowing West, Southwest for Regional Carrier Growth
The wide open spaces of the West and Southwest are beckoning some U.S. property/casualty insurers looking to grow premium volumes in previously uncharted territories, according to a new analysis of ...
Doing Well and Doing Good: Zurich Insurance Group Commits to Invest up to $2B in Green Bonds
You have a choice between two investment-grade bonds, both yielding a return commensurate with risk. One bond provides funding to projects that help avoid over 450,000 tons of CO2 emissions ...
Let the Sunshine In
In public policy, it has often rightly been said that "sunlight is the best antiseptic." Recognizing this, governments all around the world have begun to open their proceedings more to the public and ...RiskMatch: More Carrier Benefits Summarized
While Kabir Syed, the creator of RiskMatch, stresses that he's built a system that is broker-focused, carriers are key beneficiaries of the information that RiskMatch extracts from brokers to drive ...
Taking a Test Drive: A Carrier CEO Tour of RiskMatch
A carrier CEO who logs onto RiskMatch—the new platform created by Kabir Syed to enhance the relationships of carriers and brokers—is greeted by a screen with a big number in the upper right-hand ...
Who Is Kabir Syed and Why Did He Launch RiskMatch?
During his nearly two decades in the industry, Kabir Syed, founder and CEO of RiskMatch, has held leadership positions in marketing, strategic planning, operations and analytics—most notably at ...