Underwriting & Pricing
Insurance, Tax, Climate Groups Hit Proposed Delay in Flood Insurance Increases
The prospect of a delay in flood insurance reforms that are raising premiums for many homeowners is being met with pushback from business, taxpayer, climate and insurance groups. Rep. Maxine Waters, ...
Could 2013 Be ‘Tipping Point’ in Cyber Risk Awareness?
Historians may look at the year 2013 as a "cyber tipping-point" -- the point at which businesses and governments finally realized the severity of the threats they were facing, according to Advisen, a ...
SEC’s Aguilar Wants Stock Exchange Execs Liable for Failures
A proposal that would require stock exchanges to be better equipped to handle market disruptions does not go far enough to hold senior officials accountable for failures, Securities and Exchange ...
China to Remain Centerpiece of Asia Expansion for Munich Re
Munich Re, the world's biggest reinsurer, said China will remain its biggest growth market in Asia as it considers countries such as India too unpredictable to step up investment. "Our biggest ...
Flood Insurance Jumping Sevenfold Depresses U.S. Home Values
Rangel Dockery and her husband bought a waterfront house in Florida four months ago, assuming their $2,000-a-year flood insurance premium would remain about the same. After reading recently about a ...
Top 30 Homeowners Insurers for 2d Quarter: SNL Financial
P/C Insurance CFOs Cite Interest Rates As Top Concern
Chief financial officers with leading North American property/casualty insurers rank interest rates as their top concern, above catastrophes and pricing. Eighty-one percent list interest rates as ...
Hannover Re Sees Rate Hikes in Germany, Stable Rates Elsewhere
Hannover Re, the world's third- largest reinsurer, said it expects higher rates for insurance and reinsurance in Germany following this year's flooding and hailstorms, which led to the most costly ...