All the headlines from our Market Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 6 2007 // An exhaustive study of the threat posed by coastal flooding warns that “as many as 150 million people in the world’s major cities could be reliant on flood defenses by 2070 – more than three times the 40...
Dec 6 2007 // ————– Steve Arcia of Fireman’s Fund is First Winner ————–STAMFORD, Conn., December 6, 2007 — e2Value Inc. today presented its inaugural Prevedere...
Dec 6 2007 // Wounded soldiers returning from Iraq and looking for jobs will be among those helped by contributions from a new tri-state insurance industry charitable foundation.The foundation also announced awards to a New York City...
Dec 4 2007 // Despite a soft property and casualty (P/C) insurance market, the top 100 banks in insurance made substantial gains in the past year, says a new report distributed by the Bank Insurance & Securities AssociationThe...
Dec 2 2007 // Connecticut consumers dealing with the state’s insurance regulatory agency should be left feeling they were given “mints on their pillow,” according to the no-nonsense man in charge.Insurance Commissioner...
Dec 2 2007 // In a poem written 2,000 years ago by Horace, he used the phrase “carpe diem,” which is commonly translated as “seize the day.” Although interpretations of this phrase vary, one interpretation can...
Dec 2 2007 // The market for property and casualty insurance will stay soft in 2008, as premiums are expected to either decline or remain flat, according to actuarial and risk management experts at global consulting firm, Watson Wyatt...
Dec 2 2007 // 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...
Dec 2 2007 // Only the most naive person would say it is not necessary to hire an attorney for a civil litigation. It is that same naiveté that might cause owners of a business to represent themselves in a transaction that is, most...
Nov 27 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has said that it considers the Saudi insurance market to possess the “inherent strengths,” which will allow it to “ride out” forthcoming regulatory...
Nov 26 2007 // New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will be the special guest as the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation hosts its first annual dinner in New York on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.The...
Nov 26 2007 // Dublin-based Research and Markets announced the addition of “Global Warming & the Insurance Industry” to their offering. The study concentrates on the possible effects of the increase in the average...
Nov 18 2007 // Much to many insurance companies’ dismay, Washington voters approved Referendum 67, with 520,667 or 57 percent of voters in favor of the initiative to allow insureds to collect triple damages if their insurer...
Nov 18 2007 // Federal antitrust laws are intended to ensure a competitive market by prohibiting companies from acting in concert with each other, such as through price-fixing or sharing arrangements that exclude other competitors. The...
Nov 18 2007 // Disaster legislation is hot on the minds of congressional leaders this month as a handful of bills made their way to both the House and the Senate addressing the issue. Some legislation takes aim at making the property...
Nov 14 2007 // Analysts from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services have pit together an analytical report on Bermuda’s insurance and reinsurance industry, following what S&P sees as “another excellent...
Nov 13 2007 // Lloyd’s has released a research report on China’s rapidly developing insurance market, which it said “explores the key trends in the Chinese non-life insurance market and the opportunities they present...
Nov 12 2007 // Bermuda’s XL Capital Ltd. will co- sponsor the China Insurance Industry Executive Leadership Program for the second year. The program is designed to identify and develop future leaders among the People’s...
Nov 9 2007 // The following companies, listed in alphabetical order, have recently reported third quarter and nine-month earnings results. To obtain the complete report, supplemental information, as well as the details of...
Nov 8 2007 // “The world is changing at an exponential rate but this is not something we should fear. It is something that we should embrace and be prepared for,” Lloyd’s CEO Richard Ward told his audience at the...