All the headlines from our Casualty Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 31 2014 // Insurance brokerage and risk management firm Integro has named Kate Bauer as vice president in its casualty practice. Bauer will be based in Portland, Ore. and she will work with Integro clients to develop and deliver...
Oct 30 2014 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has approved the removal of up to 180,040 personal residential policies and 2,527 commercial residential polices from Citizens Property Insurance Corp.The OIR said these are...
Oct 29 2014 // Universal Insurance Holdings Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Company (UPCIC), has been approved as a licensed insurance entity in Indiana.UPCIC expects to file its homeowners...
Oct 28 2014 // J.M. Wilson has promoted Kristy Stratton to property/casualty underwriter in its Portage, Mich., office. She is responsible for quoting new and renewal accounts for a wide variety of commercial property and casualty risks,...
Oct 20 2014 // U.S. property/casualty insurers’ net income rose $1.6 billion to $26.0 billion in first-half of 2014 while pretax operating income fell $1.9 billion to $23.9 billion in first-half 2014, a decrease driven by lower...
Oct 6 2014 // U.S. property/casualty insurers’ net income rose $1.6 billion to $26.0 billion in first-half of 2014 while pretax operating income fell $1.9 billion to $23.9 billion in first-half 2014, a decrease driven by lower...
Sep 22 2014 // If you’re going to successfully operate a relatively new reinsurance company in these troubled times, you better know what you’re doing. Fortunately Bermuda-based Hamilton Re would seem to pass muster.Firstly,...
Sep 17 2014 // Underwriting manager Victor O. Schinnerer & Company Inc. in Chevy Chase, Maryland, has hired Scott P. Thomas as senior vice president and senior underwriting manager leading the firm’s property/casualty segment...
Sep 11 2014 // ACE has launched a new division that consolidates its U.S. and global casualty offerings to create ACE Risk Management Global Casualty. The division will provide more efficient underwriting and servicing for large...
Sep 10 2014 // Global specialty insurer Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has added eight underwriters to its U.S. Excess Casualty Division.“Our new staff brings added skill and...
Aug 27 2014 // Enstar Group Limited in Bermuda said Tuesday it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Companion Property and Casualty Insurance Company from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina.The total consideration...
Aug 14 2014 // Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has named Robley Moor as head of casualty North America. With this appointment, Moor becomes managing director. He succeeds Daniel Vetter, who is promoted to global head of casualty in the...
Aug 14 2014 // Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.’s property/casualty arm performed solidly in the 2014 second quarter, despite the Polar Vortex and major storm activity that hampered earnings over the first six months of the year.The...
Aug 12 2014 // Beecher Carlson Insurance Services LLC, a specialized large account brokerage and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., appointed Joe Roberta as managing director of the Northeast Casualty...
Aug 11 2014 // First American Property and Casualty Insurance Group has named James J. Court president of the company.Court is based in the company’s office in Santa Ana, Calif. Dirk McNamee assumes the role of vice chairman. Court...
Aug 4 2014 // Wholesale Trading Co-Op Insurance Services (WTCI) has hired Jennifer Terra as vice president/casualty broker. Terra joins WTCI from Partners Specialty Group, where she specialized in the analysis and placement of complex...
Aug 4 2014 // About This Report: Welcome to the 10th annual Insurance Journal Top 100 Independent Property/Casualty Agencies report.The Top 100 list is ranked by total property/casualty agency revenue for 2013 and comprises only those...
Jul 30 2014 // A decision by California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones to fine UnitedHealth Group $173.6 million for violations having to do with the Unfair Business Practices Act, the Unfair Insurance Practice Act and unfair claims...
Jul 30 2014 // Safety National Casualty Corp., a provider of excess workers’ compensation insurance and large casualty multi-line offerings, has opened a regional office in Dallas, Texas. The Dallas office is the sixth regional...
Jul 17 2014 // A.M. Best has assigned the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a-” to Starr Property & Casualty Insurance (China) Company, Limited (Starr China), formerly...