All the headlines from our Casualty Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 5 2007 // Sun Prairie,Wis.-based insurer General Casualty, its U.S. holding company and sister company Unigard Insurance Group in Bellevue, Wash., are being acquired by Australia-based QBE Insurance Group in an agreement with...
Jan 2 2007 // Reinsurance rates for the property casualty industry are falling or flat, except for insurers with major property wind exposure along the Gulf and East Coasts in the U.S., whose rates are still rising.That is one key...
Dec 27 2006 // Driven by a sharp decline in catastrophe losses from hurricanes and other natural disasters in 2006, the U.S. property/casualty industry posted a $24.4 billion net gain on underwriting through nine months. The net gain on...
Dec 27 2006 // In addition to assigning a ‘stable’ outlook for 2007, A.M. Best Co. awarded Star Casualty Insurance Co. of Coral Gables an initial rating of B++. Star Casualty is a domestic property and casualty company that...
Dec 26 2006 // White Mountains Re Group, Ltd., announced from its Bermuda headquarters that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Folksamerica Reinsurance Company, has completed its acquisition of Mutual Service Casualty Insurance Company, a...
Dec 25 2006 // JANUARYHallmark Aquires Aerospace Holdings Fort Worth, Texas-based Hallmark Financial Services Inc. has completed its acquisition of Aerospace Holdings LLC, which markets general aviation insurance products. Hallmark...
Dec 25 2006 // E&O, Professional/Management Liability New P/C Insurance Agents’ E&O Rockwood Programs partnered with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London to offer professional liability coverage specifically...
Dec 24 2006 // E&O, Professional/Management LiabilityNew P/C Insurance Agents’ E&O Rockwood Programs partnered with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London to offer professional liability coverage specifically for...
Dec 24 2006 // JANUARYHallmark Acquires Fort Worth, Texas-based Hallmark Financial Services Inc. has completed its acquisition of Aerospace Holdings LLC, which markets general aviation insurance products. Hallmark underwrites...
Dec 21 2006 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on United Fire & Casualty Co. and its wholly owned subsidiaries to ‘A-‘ from...
Dec 11 2006 // The best choice for consumers is the tried and true property/casualty guaranty fund system administered by the statesFrom almost the moment Gramm-Leach-Bliley was signed into law in late 1999, discussion turned to the...
Dec 11 2006 // The best choice for consumers is the tried and true property/casualty guaranty fund system administered by the statesFrom almost the moment Gramm-Leach-Bliley was signed into law in late 1999, discussion turned to the...
Dec 11 2006 // The best choice for consumers is the tried and true property/casualty guaranty fund system administered by the statesFrom almost the moment Gramm-Leach-Bliley was signed into law in late 1999, discussion turned to the...
Dec 10 2006 // From almost the moment Gramm-Leach-Bliley was signed into law in late 1999, discussion turned to the question of state or federal regulation for insurers. Debate continues with participants anxiously assessing the impact...
Dec 10 2006 // PeopleThe van Aartrijk Group LLC, a Washington, D.C.-area marketing and communications firm, is augmenting its branding and public affairs capabilities with the promotion of one executive and addition of another, according...
Dec 10 2006 // From almost the moment Gramm-Leach-Bliley was signed into law in late 1999, discussion turned to the question of state or federal regulation for insurers. Debate continues with participants anxiously assessing the impact...
Nov 30 2006 // Georgia Casualty & Surety Co. and Association Casualty Insurance Co. – properties of Atlantic American Corp. – announced management changes in itheir regional property and casualty operations.Effective...
Nov 29 2006 // Guy Carpenter & Company, Inc., a risk and reinsurance specialist and a part of the Marsh & McLennan Companies, has named Nick Gralton as head of its U.S. wholesale casualty operation. Gralton will be based in...
Nov 22 2006 // Dallas-based insurance and risk management firm McQueary Henry Bowles Troy L.L.P. (MHBT) announced that Rick Jarrell has joined the Dallas office of MHBT as senior vice president in the property and casualty group. His...
Nov 21 2006 // Thomas G. Myers, vice president of product management at High Point Safety and Insurance Management Corp., began his term as president of the Casualty Actuarial Society at the organization’s annual meeting.Myers...