All the headlines from our Casualty Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 26 2009 // Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, the man who ran American International Group for nearly 40 years and who now runs C.V. Starr & Co., is being reunited with some executives who used to work under him when he ran...
Jan 25 2009 // American International Group Inc. (AIG) named Russell Johnston president and CEO of AIG Environmental, a unit of AIG Commercial Insurance.Johnston joined AIG in 1990 serving in senior management positions within...
Jan 21 2009 // The Bermuda-based Catlin Group Limited has announced the addition of Casualty Facultative Reinsurance to its portfolio of products underwritten by Catlin US.Scott Beall, Director – Casualty Facultative Reinsurance,...
Jan 15 2009 // Markel International Limited has appointed Louisa Lu as senior casualty underwriter in the product liability division of Markel International Singapore. Louisa will report to Peter Phillips, managing director of Markel...
Jan 15 2009 // Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings Ltd. announced the recent opening of two new Allied World U.S. offices in California, located in Costa Mesa and Los Angeles. These offices were opened to expand distribution of Allied...
Jan 13 2009 // Englewood, Colo.-based Colorado Casualty, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, announced that it is adding workers’ compensation coverage to its commercial insurance product line. Workers’...
Jan 11 2009 // Top 100 Agency Profile RANKING: No. 7 Agency Name: The Hylant Group Headquarters: Toledo, Ohio Year Founded: 1935 Additional Locations: 11 other offices in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Tennessee 2007 Property/Casualty...
Jan 9 2009 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) from June through October 2008 assessed administrative penalties totaling $285,775 in disciplinary orders issued by Commissioner of...
Jan 6 2009 // AIG Commercial Insurance will service all casualty insurance coverage for the public sector through its Lexington Insurance Co., the insurer announced. Specifically, effective as of Jan. 1, 2009, Lexington’s Casualty...
Jan 5 2009 // 2008 can be described as a year like no other in the property/casualty insurance world. This year we saw the near death of the world’s largest and most successful insurance company, AIG. The soft market continued to...
Dec 29 2008 // Los Angeles-based Worldwide Facilities Inc., has hired new brokers in its Property & Casualty and Financial Services departments. Joe Smith has joined the company as a directors and officers broker in the Seattle...
Dec 21 2008 // 2008 can be described as a year like no other in the property/casualty insurance world. This year, the industry witnessed the near death of the world’s largest and most successful insurance company, AIG. The soft...
Dec 18 2008 // The Buckner Company, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, named Kimberly Rons, commercial lines senior underwriter for Colorado Casualty, as Underwriter of the Year.The Buckner Company nominated a dozen underwriter finalists...
Dec 16 2008 // After-tax profits for the U.S. property and casualty industry through the first nine months of the year were $4.1 billion — a 91.8 percent decline from the $50 billion in profits earned the same period a year ago,...
Dec 9 2008 // Fairfield, Ohio-based Ohio Casualty, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, is teaming with The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research to offer its Certified School Risk Managers (CSRM)...
Nov 30 2008 // Willis Group Holdings appointed Phillip Ellis leader of a new division focused on growing the company’s Enterprise Risk Management business for Willis’ Global Retail and Specialty teams. He was most recently...
Nov 21 2008 // Safeco Insurance and Ohio Casualty, both Liberty Mutual Agency Markets companies, recently announced key management appointments to lead their respective personal and commercial lines operations in their Mid-Atlantic...
Nov 19 2008 // Safeco Insurance and Colorado Casualty, both Liberty Mutual Agency Markets companies, announced key management appointments to lead their respective personal and commercial lines operations in their Mountain...
Nov 18 2008 // An insurance company doesn’t want to pay for any civil damages resulting from the collapse at Crandall Canyon in Utah that killed six coal miners and some of the rescuers who tried to save them.Hartford Casualty...
Nov 18 2008 // With displaced residents of the Southern California fires now returning to their neighborhoods, several home and business owners are now finding themselves facing dozens of questions before they rebuild.To help navigate...