All the headlines from our Market Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 22 2006 // Kinnect is dead! Long live Kinnect! Although Lloyd’s long troubled IT project was consigned to the flames last January (See IJ Website Jan. 24), a number of IT phoenix have risen from its ashes.“I think 2006 is...
May 22 2006 // Best Practices is a new Insurance Journal column that profiles how some of the nation’s top performing agencies run their operations. IJ’s Publisher Mark Wells recently interviewed William Curtis, managing...
May 22 2006 // Last year wasn’t the busiest year for mergers and acquisitions in the insurance agency and brokerage field, but as concerns over various probes of the insurance industry fade, activity is picking up.Kevin Donoghue,...
May 22 2006 // In public issue campaigns, it is normal to alert someone who runs a department that is going to be a target of campaign. That is how business is done,and it happens on a regular basis.John Garamendi has called for an...
May 16 2006 // Insurance industry mergers and acquisitions increased in 2005 to the highest level since 2001 and may foreshadow an acceleration of activity this year and the next, according to a new study by Conning Research and...
May 15 2006 // Marci L. Rose’s home and rental properties in Key West, Fla. escaped serious damage when hurricanes battered the state in 2004 and 2005, but she might lose them anyway.Like thousands of Floridians, the real estate...
May 12 2006 // Singer Bob Dylan’s song, “The Times, They Are a Changin’,” was cited as a cautionary reminder by Steve Klingel, NCCI Holdings Inc.’s president and CEO, as he gave a positive report on 2005...
May 10 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Attorney’s Office, and the Attorney General of California to investigate the insurance industry’s latest...
May 9 2006 // Last year wasn’t the busiest year for mergers and acquisitions in the insurance agency and brokerage field, but as concerns over various probes of the insurance industry fade, activity is picking up.Kevin Donoghue of...
May 9 2006 // Although property & general liability insurance rates increased in the first quarter of 2006, all indications point to a continuing soft commercial insurance market according to the Risk and Insurance Management...
May 9 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi is claiming that he has unveiled an attack campaign by the insurance industry against his efforts to reward good drivers and create a fairer system for the pricing of auto...
May 9 2006 // Strong capitalization, sound risk management and efficient global risk sharing enabled the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry to withstand record-setting catastrophe losses in 2005, but the industry also should keep...
May 8 2006 // As an agent or broker serving the hospitality market, you’ve enjoyed many coverage options at lower premiums in the last few years. In fact, you’re probably still delivering good news to your clients about...
May 4 2006 // The country may not need a natural catastrophe backup fund like it has for terrorism exposures, provided government allows insurers to create catastrophe reserves on a tax-deferred basis, according to New York’...
May 3 2006 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation based in Walnut Creek, Calif., will present a networking and educational program on Thursday, May 11 at the Richard Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, Calif. Reception begins at 4...
Apr 26 2006 // California’s Assembly Insurance Committee will be hearing a bill today co-sponsored by the Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) that is designed to assure a competitive reinsurance market in the...
Apr 20 2006 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation based in Walnut Creek, Calif., will present a networking and educational program on Thursday, May 11 at the Richard Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, Calif., with the proceeds...
Apr 18 2006 // U.S. property/casualty insurers managed to increase earnings and add to their capital base in 2005 despite record catastrophe losses, according to ISO and the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI). Sound...
Apr 17 2006 // The China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) said it will begin thorough investigations into the country’s insurance companies this month to promote the healthy growth of the fledgling insurance market.The...
Apr 17 2006 // Executives at Rhode Island’s largest workers compensation carrier, Beacon Mutual Insurance Co., figure they could be looking for new jobs as early as June if Governor Donald Carcieri gets his way. They expect that if...