All the headlines from our Casualty Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 5 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance recently announced enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during July.The actions include 24 license revocations, one license denial and fines and...
Sep 4 2006 // As the surplus lines world turns to another year of soft market conditions, specialists and innovators may be the ones to survive as increasing competition intensifies, according to excess and surplus lines brokers,...
Sep 4 2006 // PeopleOgilvy-Hill Insurance elected Mark Shipp president and CEO. Shipp has been with Ogilvy Hill for 11 years. In addition to his new role as president/CEO he will continue to build new relationships in the field. The...
Aug 29 2006 // San Antonio, Texas-based Southwest Business Corporation (SWBC) announced that Nick Grant has joined SWBC as the chief executive officer of the Property and Casualty Division in their San Antonio office.As CEO of the...
Aug 18 2006 // BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – Casualty & Surety, Inc. (CSI), a specialty MGA, is pleased to announce that it has been granted underwriting authority for a new National Mining Program. “Our carrier is rated...
Jul 26 2006 // Infinity Property and Casualty Corp. of Birmingham, Ala. has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.075 per share of Infinity Property and Casualty Common Stock. The dividend is payable on Aug. 21, 2006 to holders of record...
Jul 24 2006 // The U.S. property/casualty industry’s net gain on underwriting rose $1.4 billion, or 20.8 percent, to $8.4 billion in first-quarter 2006 from $6.9 billion in first-quarter 2005. The combined ratio–a key measure...
Jul 24 2006 // PeopleSuburban Chicago-based Property Casualty Insurers Association of America appointed Genio Staranczak as its chief economist. Dr. Staranczak will be responsible for economic analysis on the full range of public policy...
Jul 24 2006 // Editor’s note: The following excerpt is edited from an oral statement made by Joseph J. Beneducci, president of Fireman’s Fund at the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee’s July 11 hearing...
Jul 24 2006 // Sun Prairie, Wis-based General Casualty Insurance Companies have named Jim Blair senior vice president of the company’s claims department, replacing Don Suominen who retired in March.Blair has more than 30 years of...
Jul 24 2006 // Editor’s note: The following excerpt is edited from an oral statement made by Joseph J. Beneducci, president of Fireman’s Fund at the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee’s July 11 hearing...
Jul 24 2006 // News CurrentsThe U.S. property/casualty industry’s net gain on underwriting rose $1.4 billion, or 20.8 percent, to $8.4 billion in first-quarter 2006 from $6.9 billion in first-quarter 2005. The combined...
Jul 24 2006 // Editor’s note: The following excerpt is edited from an oral statement made by Joseph J. Beneducci, president of Fireman’s Fund at the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee’s July 11 hearing...
Jul 24 2006 // Editor’s note: The following excerpt is edited from an oral statement made by Joseph J. Beneducci, president of Fireman’s Fund at the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee’s July 11 hearing...
Jul 20 2006 // Businesses insured through Colorado Casualty, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, will be among the first in the Mountain West and Southwest states to be able to use Open for Business, a free, web-based tool that allows them...
Jul 19 2006 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group of Companies, has announced that its Construction Industry Practice, formerly part of ACE Risk Management, will now become a unit of ACE Casualty Risk, and...
Jul 18 2006 // Colorado Casualty, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, is helping its 14,000 homeowner insurance policyholders and homeowners throughout the West and Southwestern states protect their families and homes during wildfire...
Jul 14 2006 // James Langford, an assistant vice president at the Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Companies, was presented the Raymond Mauk Leadership Award July 13, at the 14th Annual Mid-Year Property and Casualty Symposium. Langford...
Jul 11 2006 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) is convinced that insurance regulatory reform at the state level is the best and safest course for consumers and insurers alike, said a Namic witness in...
Jul 7 2006 // New York-based Mercator Risk Services, a specialty wholesale insurance broker, has added Julie Courcelle Lewin to its expanding Midwest Casualty Practice as an assistant vice president.Prior to joining Mercator, Lewin...