All the headlines from our Market Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 28 2007 // At least that’s how Yogi Berra might describe it. On Sept. 25 William R. Berkley, chairman and CEO of the company of the same name, gave a detailed indictment before the Senate Finance Committee of the iniquities...
Sep 28 2007 // After a flat year in 2005, U.S. surplus lines premium volume rebounded in 2006 and carriers again posted strong underwriting results.In 2006, surplus lines carriers generally stuck to their guns on pricing in lines where...
Sep 27 2007 // Research and Markets has added “Non-Life Insurance in Brazil” to their offering. The research firm said its new offering is “an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the non-life...
Sep 26 2007 // An industry executive, representing a coalition of 14 large U.S.-based insurance groups, told the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday that a major tax advantage for certain foreign insurance groups could threaten...
Sep 25 2007 // Los Angeles- Anchor Consulting Group, one of the leading IT consulting firms in Southern California, is meeting the distinctive IT support needs of the insurance sector with industry-specific strategic service plans which...
Sep 25 2007 // Dublin-based Research and Markets has added Datamonitor’s new report: “Global Non-life Insurance” to their offering.R&M said its “Global Non-life Insurance industry profile is an essential...
Sep 25 2007 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry’s overall profitability as measured by its annualized rate of return on average policyholders’ surplus (or statutory net worth) slipped to 13.1 percent in...
Sep 24 2007 // The surplus lines industry is never boring, never plain and certainly never black and white. Often dubbed as the innovator of new insurance products, the industry could even be considered colorful when it comes to the...
Sep 24 2007 // The use of predictive analytics is truly enhancing speed and customer experience at the service delivery points in the value chain. Understanding behavioral patterns enables insurers to optimize their risk evaluation,...
Sep 24 2007 // Any study that implies consumers and taxpayers have thousands of years to realize savings is immediately suspect.Since the devastating hurricane seasons of 2004 and 2005, some Florida politicians and a few insurers have...
Sep 24 2007 // According to the Bank of America, more than $1.3 trillion in adjustable rate mortgages — 70 percent of them subprime — will reset before the end of 2008.The collapse of the subprime mortgage lending industry...
Sep 24 2007 // Two years have passed since America’s most shocking wake-up call regarding the devastation that follows the force and fury of Mother Nature. Since that time, a variety of legislative proposals have been offered at...
Sep 24 2007 // Two years have passed since America’s most shocking wake-up call regarding the devastation that follows the force and fury of Mother Nature. Since that time, a variety of legislative proposals have been offered at...
Sep 24 2007 // The collapse of the subprime mortgage lending industry has dominated the headlines, led to turmoil in the credit and financial markets, and left the residential real estate marketplace in disarray. It has already generated...
Sep 24 2007 // Executives more optimistic about life/health insurance than property/casualty sectorInsurance executives expect to see a significant increase in mergers and acquisitions in the next 12 months, according to a survey...
Sep 24 2007 // Maximizing the science and art of business analysis with the next wave of dataIt is difficult to overstate the strides in efficiency being made by the insurance industry as a result of the effectiveness of predictive...
Sep 24 2007 // The collapse of the subprime mortgage lending industry has dominated the headlines, led to turmoil in the credit and financial markets, and left the residential real estate marketplace in disarray. It also has already...
Sep 24 2007 // Industry skeptical, while Treasury opposes natural disaster poolFederal legislation that encourages states to pool their catastrophe pool risks and then transfer them to the private market has been greeted with a lukewarm...
Sep 24 2007 // Federal legislation that encourages states to pool their catastrophe pool risks and then transfer them to the private market has been greeted with a lukewarm insurance industry reaction at best and outright opposition from...
Sep 24 2007 // The collapse of the subprime mortgage lending industry has dominated the headlines, led to turmoil in the credit and financial markets, and left the residential real estate marketplace in disarray. It has already generated...