All the headlines from our Casualty Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Jun 30 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during May. The actions include eight license revocations and fines and restitution totaling...
Jun 28 2006 // Fidelity National Property and Casualty Insurance Co. has received approval from the Circuit Court of Florida to purchase all of the existing flood insurance policies of Southern Family Insurance Co. through the Florida...
Jun 28 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...
Jun 20 2006 // Sun Prairie, Wis.-based General Casualty Insurance Companies has announced the names of 20 winners of its renewable $1,000 scholarship awards.“The General Casualty scholarship program was created four years ago to...
Jun 16 2006 // The Hartford Financial Services Group has entered into an agreement with Equitas, the Lloyd’s runoff vehicle, and all Lloyd’s syndicates reinsured by Equitas that “resolves, with minor exception, all of...
Jun 16 2006 // Irving, Texas – A new Property and Casualty insurer, Homeowners of America Insurance Company, has opened in Irving, Texas. Homeowners is a Texas company specializing in protecting residential property for Texans.In...
Jun 14 2006 // Universal Casualty Company (A.M. Best: A -), a member of Kingsway Financial Services Inc., announced the appointment of Milton O. Johnston and Company Ltd. of Houston, Texas, as an underwriting general agent to write...
Jun 1 2006 // Bermuda- based Max Re Capital Ltd. has released its delayed results for the first quarter of 2006, which show net income of $72.9 million, or $1.15 per diluted share, compared to $37.7 million, or 75 cents per diluted...
May 23 2006 // ACE USA, the U.S. based retail operating division of the ACE Group of Companies, has launched a new Excess Casualty Corporate Risk product.The ACE USA Excess Casualty Corporate Risk product offers umbrella liability...
May 22 2006 // Infinity Property and Casualty Corp., of Birmingham, Ala., will broadcast a live Internet broadcast of its 2006 annual meeting of shareholders May 23 at 11 a.m. (ET). To listen to the live broadcast, go to Infinity’s...
May 22 2006 // On Tuesday June 13, the Los Angeles Chapter of the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters will host a meeting featuring motivational speaker Betsey Brewer, senior vice president of The Rule Co., speaking on...
May 22 2006 // Insurance buyers are taking a close look at their insurance and risk management programs, looking for possible financial recourse in the event of an outbreak. It is therefore worthwhile to examine each line of coverage in...
May 22 2006 // On Tuesday June 13, the Los Angeles Chapter of the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters will host a meeting featuring motivational speaker Betsey Brewer, senior vice president of The Rule Co., speaking on...
May 17 2006 // New York-based Mercator Risk Services, a newly formed, independent wholesale insurance broker, has added Michael Connelly as senior vice president and manager of the Midwest Casualty practice.Prior to joining Mercator,...
May 16 2006 // Responding to the increasing influx of business from the Southwest and Southern California, in particular, Boston-based Liberty International Underwriters, a division of Liberty Mutual Group, has opened a Los Angeles...