All the headlines from our Market Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 9 2012 // When it comes to the captive insurance industry, slow and steady growth is just fine with the state of Missouri. But it’s not like the state is reluctant to encourage captives to form or relocate there. Far from...
Mar 7 2012 // So much that is said and written about Florida’s insurance climate is negative. Is there anything good to say about Florida’s insurance market?That’s one of the questions in a brief Florida-only survey of...
Mar 5 2012 // Can technology positively impact a billion people in just 10 years? Possibly, if insurance is available.Consider taking a low-use personal automobile — which might sit idle most of the time — and making it available to...
Mar 5 2012 // Warren E. Buffett thinks that among large insurance operations, those owned by his Berkshire Hathaway are the “best in the world.”Buffett is chairman of the board of Berkshire Hathaway, which owns Berkshire...
Mar 5 2012 // China has agreed to an important financial sector reform by opening up its massive auto insurance market to foreign competition. During a meeting with U.S. business chiefs and Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, U.S. Vice...
Mar 5 2012 // When it comes to the captive insurance industry, slow and steady growth is just fine with the state of Missouri. But it’s not like the state is reluctant to encourage captives to form or relocate there. Far from...
Mar 5 2012 // With interest rates low and looking like they will stay low for some time, property/casualty insurance companies will have to focus on making their profit on underwriting rather than on investments.However, P/C insurers...
Mar 5 2012 // Rate Improving“There absolutely is a trend of rate improving…In the U.S., we’ve seen property, workers comp, as well as excess casualty and general liability starting to increase.” —Peter Zaffino,...
Mar 2 2012 // Three Vale Training Solution instructors, with varying backgrounds, have one thing in common: They are bringing their expertise in insurance to students of Insurance Journal‘s Academy of Insurance.According to Mary...
Mar 1 2012 // It hasn’t been the best of times for America’s Main Street businesses. Often facing overwhelming competition from big box stores, many small businesses face an uphill battle from the outset and more than a few...
Feb 29 2012 // United Fire Group Inc., headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, appointed Michael W. Phillips to its board of directors and named Ed Sullivan as a company vice president. Phillips is the founder and president of...
Feb 27 2012 // Warren E. Buffett thinks that among large insurance operations, those owned by his Berkshire Hathaway are the “best in the world.”Buffett is chairman of the board of Berkshire Hathaway, which owns Berkshire...
Feb 24 2012 // On July 3, 2011, while returning to their home in Houston, Texas, from an annual family road trip to Colorado, the Berry family found themselves victims of a tragic, fatal car accident.The Berry family’s minivan,...
Feb 24 2012 // With interest rates low and looking like they will stay low for some time to come, property/casualty insurance companies will have to focus on making their profit on underwriting rather than on investments.However, P/C...
Feb 22 2012 // The keynote speaker told the professional liability insurance underwriters that regulation is not the enemy of business growth, the plaintiffs’ bar is their ally, deleveraging of financial institutions is a good...
Feb 19 2012 // Dave Anderson, founder of wholesaler Anderson & Murison Inc. in Southern California, who served several insurance associations in numerous capacities, will be remembered for his contributions to the insurance...
Feb 17 2012 // Traditionally risk-takers, property/casualty insurance companies have become more like risk-avoiders when it comes to weather-related claims, leaving consumers and taxpayers to pay much higher costs, according to a new...
Feb 16 2012 // The owner of a website that launched an attack last week against a consumer group that often does battle with the insurance industry is now calling the attacks and information he put on the site “just the tip of the...
Feb 16 2012 // Golf could be called the go-to sport of the insurance industry, so it’s safe to assume that most insurance professionals know what a putter is – a tool for cursing and hurling to the ground after a missed shot,...
Feb 14 2012 // U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that China had agreed to an important financial sector reform by opening up its massive auto insurance market to foreign competition.Biden said that during a meeting with U.S....