All the headlines from our Market Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 7 2008 // Munich Re announced that, following the opening of the Brazilian reinsurance market (See IJ web site – https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2007/12/27/85928.htm), it plans to establish a subsidiary in...
Feb 5 2008 // The last few years have been good ones for the property casualty insurance industry in terms of profitability. But it’s been a long time coming, according to Robert Hartwig, president of the Insurance Information...
Feb 1 2008 // For excess and surplus lines brokers, identifying available insurance markets not sought by the standard market may be the key to surviving and thriving in the soft market.The answer to growth in a soft market is simple,...
Feb 1 2008 // The insurance industry is a “C” student industry; the “A” and “B” students are working elsewhere, said the insurance company executive.Them’s fighting words, especially in a room...
Jan 27 2008 // Continuing education is a fact of life for all agents and brokers. Because states require CE credits, it translates into the reality of a continuous, and often repetitive, obligation — a career-long commitment of time...
Jan 27 2008 // Tort trends will likely remain stable in the year ahead, according to a survey conducted by the Insurance Information Institute.Sixty-six percent of the executives polled believe that tort trends in 2008 will be little...
Jan 27 2008 // The insurance industry is a “C” student industry; the “A” and “B” students are working elsewhere, said the insurance company executive.Them’s fighting words, especially in a room...
Jan 27 2008 // Property casualty insurance insiders predicted 2008 will be a year of marginal growth as continued pricing competition will keep premiums low and profits lower — although that could quickly worsen if a natural...
Jan 27 2008 // The insurance industry’s “traditional model” has become outdated and is so abstruse that the industry’s ability to compete is being jeopardized.European risk managers face the same challenges as...
Jan 27 2008 // For excess and surplus lines brokers, identifying available insurance markets not sought by the standard market may be the key to surviving and thriving in the soft market.The answer to growth in a soft market is simple,...
Jan 27 2008 // Washington State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has proven adept at balancing the many demands placed upon state regulators, perhaps due in part to his background in public service. Kreidler, an optometrist, served...
Jan 24 2008 // Days after announcing a three-part strategy to fix the ailing New York bond insurance market, the state’s top regulator said any plan to deal with the issues facing insurers would take time.“These are...
Jan 23 2008 // Margin compression and continued pricing erosion will put increasing pressure on the insurance industry to achieve top line objectives in 2008, according to industry analysts.“With pricing becoming increasingly...
Jan 22 2008 // Beacon Marketing Group – “Helping to guide your insurance prospecting needs to new destinations” Orange, CA – January 22, 2008: Beacon Marketing Group was founded by a management team with over 35...
Jan 22 2008 // Leonard Crouse, Vermont deputy commissioner of Captive Insurance and a fixture in the state’s captive insurance industry for 18 years, has announced his plans to retire effective June 1.For more than 30 years Crouse...
Jan 16 2008 // Tort trends will likely remain stable in the year ahead, according to a survey conducted by the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) at its 12th annual Property/Casualty Insurance Joint Industry Forum.Sixty-six percent...
Jan 14 2008 // Sexy Insurance? A New Social Networking Site for the Sexiest Industry on the Planet.Meet new colleagues, network, job search, trade war stories, post pictures, video, audio, and more! Boston, MA – January 14, 2008:...
Jan 14 2008 // Commercial lines insurance premiums continued to tumble during the fourth quarter of 2007, according to the RIMS Benchmark Survey, an industry survey of policy renewal prices as reported by corporate risk managers.Despite...
Jan 14 2008 // San Francisco-based Genstar Capital LLC, a middle market private equity firm, has partnered with insurance industry executives and Westline Corp. to establish Confie Seguros, a platform company formed to facilitate the...
Jan 13 2008 // As the financial services industry has evolved since deregulation, there has been a rise in “bancassurance: the joint effort of banks and insurers to provide insurance services to the bank’s customer...