All the headlines from our Market Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 21 2008 // The banking and securities industry is facing worldwide subprime mortgage-related losses, which knowledgeable sources – including the International Monetary Fund — now suggest could top $1 trillion, according to...
Apr 21 2008 // P/C Consolidation“The logic of consolidation within the property and casualty industry, particularly in North America, may be gaining favor as the economy slows and as rates soften. However, our research suggests...
Apr 21 2008 // The schedules of working full-time and being a mom don’t always concur, but Patty Gibson Carlson and Laurie Zangwill-Infantino have proven otherwise with their brainchild — Insurance Skills Center — which...
Apr 21 2008 // Insurance Journal‘s Editor-in-Chief Andrea Wells was at the Big “I” Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C., where she caught up with Robert Fulwider, an independent agent from Iowa who is chairman of...
Apr 21 2008 // Premium volume may be down for independent agencies across the country but that doesn’t mean agency revenue is down for some of the nation’s top performing agencies. Diversifying an agency’s revenue...
Apr 21 2008 // Tort reform efforts seem to be working, frequency of claims for medical liability is going down, surplus is up and reinsurance capital is available — and, yes, it is a soft market. Those comments reflect the...
Apr 21 2008 // Insurance Journal‘s Editor-in-Chief Andrea Wells interviewed Robert Rusbuldt, CEO and president of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (the Big “I”), at the Big “I”...
Apr 21 2008 // Health care facility professional liability has faced new challenges due to recent tort reform efforts, the soft market and a changing perception of how hospitals, the public, insurers and attorneys...
Apr 21 2008 // Commercial lines insurance premiums experienced the largest quarterly drop since 2005 during the first quarter of 2008, according to an industry survey of risk managers.Undeterred by mounting claims from the meltdown of...
Apr 21 2008 // Global warming, the consequence of which is referred to as climate change, is the heating of the earth’s surface temperature caused by man-made activity linked to release of greenhouse gases (GHGs). The burning of...
Apr 18 2008 // Lloyd’s has received approval from the Superintendence of Private Insurance (SUSEP) to become the first admitted reinsurer in Brazil. Lloyd’s announced that it had applied for the license in February (See IJ...
Apr 18 2008 // After more than five hours of testimony and deliberation on Colorado House Bill 1389, the House Business Affairs and Labor Committee has amended a controversial bill that insurance associations said would have imposed a...
Apr 14 2008 // Insurance equity analysts expect a significant increase in property/ casualty mergers and acquisitions this year, according to findings of a global survey by Accenture.More than two-thirds (71 percent) of all P/C analysts...
Apr 11 2008 // California State Compensation Insurance Fund has been facing many changes recently, but it has no intent to be the dominant player in the state workers’ compensation insurance market, according to Janet Frank,...
Apr 11 2008 // Not to be outdone by it French competitor (See related article), Transatlantic Reinsurance Company (TRC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Transatlantic Holdings, Inc., has recently applied to Brazil’s regulatory...
Apr 11 2008 // France’s SCOR has been admitted as a property and casualty reinsurer in Brazil. In addition, SCOR is currently completing the formalities for SCOR Global Life US Re Insurance Company to operate as an admitted Life...
Apr 11 2008 // Marsh’s London office has issued a new “global benchmarking report,” which examines the use of captive insurance companies by today’s global firms. The report -“Next Generation Captives...
Apr 10 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services’ latest review of the U.K. insurance market – “Insurance Industry Risk Analysis: U.K. Economic Risk Increases But Unlikely To Put Pressure On Non-Life...
Apr 9 2008 // The 10th edition of the European Insurance Forum wrapped up proceedings on Tuesday night. The two-day conference, held at Dublin’s Four Seasons Hotel and sponsored by the Dublin Insurance & Management...
Apr 9 2008 // The U.S. commercial lines property/casualty insurance “soft” pricing cycle will likely mean outlooks on some commercial lines insurers will be revised to negative in the second half of 2008, according to...