Latest Casualty Headlines

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Jul 23 2007 // The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has named Thomas M. Marra to the newly created position of president and chief operating officer. Marra, currently a member of the company’s board of directors and president...

People

Jul 23 2007 // The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has named Thomas M. Marra to the newly created position of president and chief operating officer. Marra, currently a member of the company’s board of directors and president...

People

Jul 23 2007 // Richard S. “Dick” Gieger, general counsel of the law firm of Thompson, Coe, Cousins and Irons, was presented the Raymond Mauk Leadership Award on July 12 in Austin, Texas, at the 15th Annual Mid-Year Property...

Building the case with customers for excess casualty coverage

Jul 23 2007 // What should brokers or agents say when they meet resistance from customers who already feel they are spending too much on liability coverage? Explain that in today’s world, it doesn’t take long to run through...

Washington Casualty Reinstated in Idaho

Jul 13 2007 // The Idaho Department of Insurance has reinstated the license of Washington Casualty Co., a subsidiary of FinCor Holdings Inc., allowing it to underwrite insurance in the state. The reinstated license validates WCC’s...

CSC Names Fogle to Head Sales to Property and Casualty Industry

Jul 10 2007 // Computer Sciences Corp. based in El Segundo, Calif., announced that Lee Fogle has joined the company as vice president of sales for the property and casualty (P&C) insurance market in the Americas. He reports to Ray...

Small business owners’ needs run large

Jul 2 2007 // Agents can serve as partners to satisfy the demands of running today’s small businessSmall business is big and getting bigger. Some 6.4 million businesses with one to 20 employees now contribute to our economy, and...

Small business owners’ needs run large

Jul 2 2007 // Small business is big and getting bigger. Some 6.4 million businesses with one to 20 employees now contribute to our economy, and this segment continues to grow at a record pace. Everyone — the college graduate, the...

P/C Industry Net Income, Overall Profitability Slip in 1Q 2007

Jun 28 2007 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry’s net income after taxes dipped to $15.8 billion in first-quarter 2007 from $16.7 billion in first-quarter 2006 and $17.7 billion in first-quarter 2005, according to...

Swett & Crawford Adds Casualty Broker in Mich. Office

Jun 26 2007 // Swett & Crawford recently announced that Brandon King has joined the Bloomfield Hills (Detroit), Mich. office as a casualty broker. Previously King worked at Johnston Lewis Associates, Inc as a property/casualty...

Washington Casualty Co. Reinstated by Idaho Department

Jun 25 2007 // FinCor Holdings Inc. announced on Friday, June 22 that its Washington Casualty Co. (WCC) subsidiary has had its license to underwrite insurance fully reinstated in Idaho by the Idaho Department of Insurance. FinCor...

P/C Insurers Invest $320 Billion in Public Projects Including Schools

Jun 20 2007 // The insurance industry holds investments in municipal bonds worth more than $320 billion, investments that help fund construction of schools, roads, and hospitals, and support a variety of other public sector activities,...

Lancashire Enters S.C. Property and Casualty Market

Jun 15 2007 // Lancashire Insurance Co. Ltd. gained approval to provide insurance coverage on an excess and surplus basis for properties located in South Carolina.Lancashire intends to focus primarily on coastal windstorm and earthquake...

Hartford Financial Reports Changes at the Top; Names Marra President

Jun 13 2007 // The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. has named Thomas M. Marra to the newly created position of president and chief operating officer. Marra, 48, currently a member of the company’s board of directors and...

Texas Mid-Year Property/Casualty Symposium Set for July 12

Jun 12 2007 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) and the Association of Fire and Casualty Companies in Texas (AFACT) will present the 15th Annual 2007 Mid-Year Property & Casualty Insurance Symposium on July 12, in Austin,...

Bell-Anderson Agency Named Key Producer by Ohio Casualty

Jun 8 2007 // Bell-Anderson Agency Inc., a locally based independent insurance agency, has been named as a “Key Producer” by the member companies of Ohio Casualty Group.“The status of Key Producer is awarded to a...

Republic CEO: P/C mergers and acquisitions likely to ‘skyrocket’

Jun 4 2007 // The statutory surplus for property and casualty insurers is at a record $488 billion, according to the CEO of one Dallas-based regional carrier, and they are going to be looking for somewhere to put that cash to work....

Republic CEO: P/C mergers and acquisitions likely to ‘skyrocket’

Jun 4 2007 // The statutory surplus for property and casualty insurers is at a record $488 billion, according to the CEO of one Dallas-based regional insurer, and they are going to be looking for somewhere to put that cash to work....

Wis. General Casualty, Unigard Purchase by QBE Insurance Finalized

Jun 1 2007 // The previously announced purchase of Wisconsin-based insurer General Casualty, its U.S. holding company, and sister company Unigard Insurance Group (Bellevue, Wash.) by Australia-based QBE Insurance Group was completed May...

Iowa United Fire & Casualty Names Ramlo President, CEO

May 21 2007 // United Fire & Casualty Co. has named Randy Ramlo as its new president and chief executive officer. Ramlo, 45, most recently served as the Cedar Rapids-based insurance company’s executive vice president and chief...