All the headlines from our Market Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 22 2012 // A slow trend toward economic recovery in the U.S. 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 sales and...
Oct 18 2012 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak told state lawmakers and tribal leaders that he welcomed a partnership with Oklahoma tribes to create additional insurance opportunities for all Oklahomans, according to an an...
Oct 16 2012 // Lloyd’s of London Chairman John Nelson knew when he acceded to his post one year ago that his predecessor, Lord Peter Levene, would be a hard act to follow. Levene served for nine years and oversaw significant...
Oct 16 2012 // Warwick, RI, 10/16/12 – Astonish is a digital marketing solutions and insurance sales training company focused on growing local insurance agencies into successful, selling powerhouses prepared to serve the modern...
Oct 15 2012 // A new text-to-give campaign as part of the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) Week of Giving will generate donations for four well-known national nonprofits. During October, insurance employees can donate $5...
Oct 11 2012 // The Italian non-life insurance market faces changes as the sector is subject to new legislation and industry consolidation, while the country’s ongoing economic challenges constrain demand for coverage, according to...
Oct 10 2012 // Thirty-one of the world’s most important insurance associations, who represent 87 per cent of worldwide insurance business, formally established the Global Federation of Insurance Associations (GFIA) on October...
Oct 10 2012 // The property/casualty sector of the insurance industry gave an estimated $500 million in charitable funding in 2010, according to a 2011 study by McKinsey & Company. The research report noted: “Most of this...
Oct 10 2012 // India’s proposal to allow more foreign investment in its $41 billion insurance business provides a lifeline for an industry starved of capital and squeezed by regulation – but it may not pass parliament and it...
Oct 10 2012 // Warwick, RI, 10/10/12 – Astonish, a leading insurance digital marketing system in the U.S., today announced its integration with QQ Solutions, Inc.’s agency management system, QQ Evolution 2. QQ Solutions, Inc. is...
Oct 9 2012 // Despite catastrophic events in 2011, low investment yields and competitive pressures, surplus lines specialists — especially market leaders — generated healthy operating profits and returns on both revenue and...
Oct 8 2012 // Analysts at investment research firm Keefe, Bruyette & Woods recently published a note recapping KBW’s annual insurance conference, held last month in New York.Analysts observed that while the general tone of...
Oct 8 2012 // A new partnership formed between Space Florida, the spaceport authority and aerospace development organization for the state, and insurance agency Assure Space is counting on new space insurance capabilities driving more...
Oct 8 2012 // One result of an improving economy is increased demand for commercial insurance coverages.The economy is improving, slowly. And the property/casualty insurance industry is seeing growth, as well. Don’t take my word...
Oct 8 2012 // Lloyd’s of London Chairman John Nelson knew when he acceded to his post one year ago that his predecessor, Lord Peter Levene, would be a hard act to follow. Levene served for nine years and oversaw significant...
Oct 8 2012 // A report out late last month urges the insurance industry to act to protect itself and the community against the increasing frequency of extreme weather due to climate change.In short, the report, its authors and those...
Oct 8 2012 // Despite catastrophic events in 2011, low investment yields and competitive pressures, surplus lines specialists — especially market leaders — generated healthy operating profits and returns on both revenue and...
Oct 4 2012 // U.S. property/casualty insurers’ net income after taxes jumped to $16.4 billion in first-half 2012 from $4.8 billion in first-half 2011, with insurers’ overall profitability as measured by their annualized rate...
Sep 28 2012 // The UK’s insurance market for auto insurance has been referred to the Competition Commission for investigation. The Office of Fair Trading (OFT), which made the referral, expressed concerns that the structure of the...
Sep 26 2012 // A report from A.M. Best examines the current state of the insurance market in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. It notes that “over the past decade, the insurance industry has experienced strong growth...