Hartwig News
Top 5 States for Disaster Losses in 2013; Oklahoma Leads
The Oklahoma tornadoes of May 2013 contributed the state's designation last year as the costliest state for natural disaster related insurance payouts, the Insurance Information Institute reported ...
Economic Cost of January Freeze Put at $5B, Insurance Costs Not Available Yet
Hunkering down at home rather than going to work, canceling thousands of flights and repairing burst pipes from the Midwest to the Southeast has its price. By one estimate, about $5 billion. The ...
Premium Growth Continues for 14th Straight Quarter, WC to Lead in 2014
Although the growth in industry total net property/casualty insurance premiums slowed in the third-quarter, an unbroken string of quarterly hikes is longer than a prior period of back-to-back ...
TRIA Changes Debated: Congressional Hearing Highlights
Representatives of the property/casualty insurance industry all testified in favor of extending the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act during a House Financial Services committee hearing last week, but ...
Commercial Prices Up For 9 Straight Quarters: Towers Watson; Years More Needed: Hartwig
Reporting an aggregate first-quarter 2013 jump in commercial insurance prices of almost 7 percent, Towers Watson said the result marks over two consecutive years—nine straight quarters—of price ...
Coverage Analysis: Personal Gun Liability Insurance
Interest in personal liability insurance for firearms owners has expanded with the media focus on gun-centric events and the public discussion of liability issues. While specific personal liability ...FBI Calls Boston Marathon Bombings ‘Potential’ Terrorist Act; III’s Hartwig Safe at Scene
The death toll from the bombings at the Boston Marathon has risen to three. More than 140 people are being treated at area hospitals for injuries, some of them grave and involving amputations. There ...
Housing Collapse Drives Premiums Declines
Nevada was one of the states that was Ground Zero for the housing collapse, which explains why commercial lines premiums evaporated in the states, according to Robert Hartwig, president of the ...