All the headlines from our Market Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 17 2012 // The insurance industry job outlook for 2013 looks good. Hiring appears to be steady, with 54.5 percent of companies saying they intend to increase staff, and 77.4 percent expect to grow revenue in the next year, a survey...
Dec 17 2012 // New entrants into the insurance industry are often triggered by the market showing signs of hardening. After all, these “newbies” have a better chance of securing a healthy rate by not having to pay for...
Dec 17 2012 // Although analysts following the property/casualty insurance industry expect underwriting results for 2012 to be better than 2011 when full-year numbers are tallied, double-digit overall returns-on-equity are still not...
Dec 13 2012 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) Northeast division made its largest-ever distribution of charitable grants at its sixth annual benefit dinner on Wednesday, Dec. 12. The total amount of awarded grants is...
Dec 13 2012 // Lloyd’s of London announced that “broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) and a group of Lloyd’s syndicates, alongside other major insurance companies, have underwritten a bespoke policy to cover one of the...
Dec 11 2012 // International insurance think tank, The Geneva Association has published a cross-industry analysis comparing the named 28 Global Systemically Important Banks (G-SIBs) to 28 of the world’s largest insurers on...
Dec 10 2012 // An American Medical Association analysis found that South Carolina has one of the country’s least competitive health insurance markets. The country’s leading lobby group for physicians said South Carolina has...
Dec 5 2012 // After four years of one of the most challenging construction markets, construction insurance experts are beginning to see signs of a slow recovery with some of their contractor and builder accounts.The current...
Dec 5 2012 // An American Medical Association study concludes that North Dakota’s health insurance market is almost a monopoly but the state’s dominant health insurer says consumers are not getting gouged.The study says a...
Dec 4 2012 // Willis North America has made a series of appointments in its construction practice to serve clients in the expanding default insurance marketplace. The following individuals comprise Willis’ Default Insurance Group,...
Dec 3 2012 // Warwick, RI, 12/03/12 – Astonish, a leading digital marketing solutions and sales training provider for insurance agencies, today announced its annual Make-A-Wish pledge drive for December. During the month, it will...
Nov 29 2012 // The benign period for liability insurance results may have run its course. Current trends in loss frequency, tort filings, and reserve releases suggest that an inflection point may have been reached, according to a new...
Nov 28 2012 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) Northeast division announced that award-winning journalist Paula Zahn will be keynote speaker at the organization’s benefit dinner on Wednesday Dec. 12, 2012 at the...
Nov 27 2012 // Firmer insurance prices and an upward trend in agency revenues are signs of good times for most independent agencies. These same trends, however, are reflected in today’s insurance market for agency errors and...
Nov 20 2012 // A special report from A.M. Best – “Regulation Tightens as Colombia’s Insurance Market Grows and Matures -“notes that “insurance companies operating in Colombia are benefiting from a vibrant,...
Nov 14 2012 // The Connecticut insurance sector plays a vital role in the global insurance landscape and the state’s economy — and the state is well-positioned to remain as the U.S. insurance capital, a new report...
Nov 8 2012 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler won nearly six in 10 votes in his re-election bid, giving him bragging rights as the U.S.’s longest currently serving insurance commissioner.Kreidler won 57.7 percent...
Nov 6 2012 // Susanne Sclafane has joined property/casualty insurance media company, Wells Media Group, as Senior Editor. In her new position, Sclafane will be in charge of improving the company’s content and services to meet the...
Nov 5 2012 // For the insurance industry, there is more at stake in the Nov. 6 election than who goes to or stays in the White House and Congress.The insurance industry will be watching who wins the gubernatorial races in 11 states,...
Nov 5 2012 // A slow trend toward economic recovery in the United States may mean good news/bad news for insurance agents and brokers who handle commercial accounts with cargo and supply chain vulnerabilities.The good news is growth in...