All the headlines from our Casualty Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 22 2006 // Susan Alford has been named executive vice president and southeast region head for Aon Consulting in Atlanta. The promotion is effective Jan. 1. Alford will be responsible for Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South...
Jan 22 2006 // When you encounter an account you can’t competitively place, instead of declining to quote or expending extensive time searching for a viable market, refer the prospect to a competing producer who can easily write...
Jan 22 2006 // I.I.I. JOINT P/C FORUM: Outside Looking In – Left to right: V.J. Dowling, Dowling & Partners Securities; Mark Puccia, Standard & Poor’s; David Schiff, Schiff’s Insurance Observer; Brian P....
Jan 18 2006 // When workers get hurt on the job, employers usually have two options: give them modified light duty work or have them remain at home, unproductive, while they heal. General Casualty Insurance Companies, based in Sun...
Jan 11 2006 // The year 2005 is looking like it was a relatively good one with solid financial news for property casualty insurers overall, despite record catastrophe losses, and 2006 could bring even better news, according to analysts...
Jan 9 2006 // Global risk and reinsurance specialist Guy Carpenter & Company, a unit of the Marsh & McLennan Companies, has published “U.S. Reinsurance Renewals at January 1, 2006,” its “annual review of...
Jan 3 2006 // Jacobs Financial Group Inc. has acquired all of the issued and outstanding stock of West Virginia Fire and Casualty Company (WVFCC) from The Celina Mutual Insurance Company (Celina) of Celina, Ohio. The transaction had...
Jan 1 2006 // Jordan B. Lotsoff recently joined Integro as principal in the Casualty Practice Group in the Chicago office. Lotsoff, with more than 15 years experience in commercial insurance, will be responsible for complex casualty...
Jan 1 2006 // The property/casualty insurance industry reported a statutory rate of return on average surplus of 9.5 percent through the first nine months of 2005, marginally below the 10.5 percent average return recorded during...
Dec 27 2005 // Dianne Morris of Austin, Texas, has been elected president of the Association of Fire and Casualty Companies in Texas (AFACT) for 2006-2007.Morris is president of the Association Casualty Insurance Company. She succeeds as...
Dec 21 2005 // Jeffrey T. Bowman, president of Crawford & Co’s International Operations, has been named chief operating officer of the firm’s Global Property and Casualty Services, effective Jan. 1.This newly created...
Dec 19 2005 // Guy Carpenter & Company Inc. reported the release of a new study, Recent Legislative and Judicial Trends Affecting the U.S. Casualty Industry, on key legislative and judicial developments and their impact on the U.S....
Dec 18 2005 // Ohio Casualty Corporation has completed a new five-year agreement with its current president and chief executive officer, Dan R. Carmichael. The prior contract with Carmichael was to expire on Dec. 31, 2005. Carmichael...
Dec 18 2005 // William GranatoBrandon Hickey Ohio Casualty Corporation has completed a new five-year agreement with its current president and chief executive officer, Dan R. Carmichael. The prior contract with Carmichael was to expire on...
Dec 18 2005 // Twenty years ago, it was nearly impossible to find colleges and universities offering degrees in insurance. Now there are many programs across the nation that offer bachelor’s degrees, concentrations, certifications,...
Dec 18 2005 // FLORIDAState Farm of Florida 8.6 Percent Rate Request Approved The Florida Department of Insurance approved an average statewide premium rate hike of 8.6 percent for State Farm of Florida, the largest insurer of homes in...
Dec 12 2005 // San Francisco, California – ECM Insurance Services, Inc., a San Francisco-based management liability and property & casualty insurance wholesaler, today announced the appointment of Misty Reistad as Vice...
Dec 7 2005 // Lawson-Hawks Insurance Associates Inc., a regional independent insurance broker based in Mountain View, Calif., has announced the acquisition of the El Dorado Hills, Calif.-based Healthcare Property/Casualty Group...
Dec 6 2005 // Ohio Casualty Corporation has completed a new five-year agreement with its current President and Chief Executive Officer, Dan R. Carmichael, effective immediately.The prior contract with Carmichael was due to expire on...