All the headlines from our Market Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 22 2006 // A Democratic-controlled House would look into insurance industry practices criticized for shifting the financial burden of Hurricane Katrina claims onto the taxpayer, a lawmaker who headed a Katrina task force said...
Oct 17 2006 // The insurance industry is rapidly embracing Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), as well as related Web services and standards, according to new TowerGroup research conducted in partnership with ACORD. The comprehensive...
Oct 11 2006 // As Floridians prepare to go to the polls in November, nine out of every ten of the state’s property owners living in condos, homeowner and other community associations say Florida’s elected officials are doing...
Oct 10 2006 // A California organization seeking to be a collective voice for insurance industry philanthropy has launched a New York division, kicking off what it hopes will become a nationwide expansion.The Insurance Industry...
Oct 9 2006 // Washington’s Mike Kreidler: Making the insurance market workThe Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner is a vigorous protector of consumers under the leadership of Commissioner Mike Kreidler. From...
Oct 9 2006 // In cooperation with insurance industry partners, universities across the nation are helping to cultivate the next generation of risk managers and actuarial scientists through insurance internship programs.As an example,...
Oct 9 2006 // Two new federal reports have found that the long-term development of the private terrorism insurance market remains at best uncertain due to the unpredictable nature of terrorist attacks. Both reports acknowledged that a...
Oct 9 2006 // One of the most serious problems facing the insurance industry today is the acute shortage of bright, college-educated young people entering the profession. Walk around any college campus and you’ll find that the...
Oct 9 2006 // The Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner is a vigorous protector of consumers under the leadership of Commissioner Mike Kreidler. From maintaining a trust relationship between consumers and insurers, to...
Oct 9 2006 // In cooperation with insurance industry partners, universities across the nation are helping to cultivate the next generation of risk managers and actuarial scientists through insurance internship programs.As an example,...
Oct 9 2006 // Two new federal reports have found that the long-term development of the private terrorism insurance market remains at best uncertain due to the unpredictable nature of terrorist attacks. Both reports acknowledged that a...
Oct 6 2006 // “Today it’s a tough time to be a director and officer, and that means it’s a tough time to be a D&O underwriter,” according to Doug Poetzsch, senior vice president, head of specialty claims for...
Oct 3 2006 // A new federal report has found that the long-term development of the private terrorism insurance market remains at best uncertain due to the unpredictable nature of terrorist attacks.The President’s Working Group on...
Oct 2 2006 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry’s net income after taxes fell 9.3 percent to $28.3 billion in first-half 2006 from $31.2 billion in first-half 2005 as investment results deteriorated. Reflecting the...
Sep 30 2006 // A new report by international reinsurance broker and risk intermediary Benfield, entitled “China Insurance Market Review: Major changes, rapid growth,” examines the changes that have taken place in in the...
Sep 27 2006 // Insurers, agents and business groups called on Congress to create a permanent solution safeguarding the economy against future terrorist attacks at congressional hearing today, “Protecting Americans from Catastrophic...
Sep 26 2006 // A new federal government report concludes that a totally private market solution to insuring against certain terrorist attacks is unlikely in the near future. The report covers the risk of nuclear, biological, chemical or...
Sep 25 2006 // Hawaii:Perfectly poised for insurers in the Pacific Rim Although it is undeniably one of the 50 United States, Hawaii’s location at the edge of the Pacific Rim yields creative business opportunities throughout the...
Sep 25 2006 // Steven M. Goldman was sworn in as Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance on March 20, 2006, after the Senate Judiciary Committee and full Senate unanimously approved his appointment. Prior to...
Sep 25 2006 // In the next 10 years, the construction business will need to fill more than 180,000 jobs. As the rush to fill these positions advances, workers’ compensation professionals will be challenged along with the...