All the headlines from our Market Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 8 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has issued a prelimlinary report on the series of hurricanes, notably Frances and Charley, which have struck the U.S.S&P indicated: “Although it’s still too...
Sep 8 2004 // Announcing its entrance into the Texas malpractice insurance market, Advocate, MD Insurance of the Southwest said its improved coverage options and excellent rates are proof that tort reform efforts ushered in last year...
Sep 7 2004 // Delaware voters face a choice in this year’s election for state insurance commissioner between a Democratic counsel to the current governor who vows to “stand up for Delawareans” and a Republican veteran...
Sep 7 2004 // INSURANCE JOURNAL PUTS CANDIDATES DENN AND ENNIS ON THE RECORD, ON THE ISSUESSeptember 7, 2004–Delaware voters face a choice in this year’s election for state insurance commissioner between a Democratic counsel...
Sep 6 2004 // Marsh & McLennan Companies Chairman and CEO Jeff Greenberg remembers all too well those images of Sept. 11, 2001.Greenberg knew something had gone terribly wrong in New York City that Tuesday morning. He recently...
Sep 6 2004 // Under heavy pressure from Congress and insurance industry lobbyists to pick up the pace on regulatory modernization, the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) at its summer meeting in Chicago accepted most...
Sep 1 2004 // The Texas insurance industry could find itself in a cash crunch if a storm like Hurricane Charley hit the coast, and insurers could be forced to pass on the costs to homeowners across the state, industry officials said.The...
Aug 31 2004 // Dublin-based consulting firm Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com) announced the addition of a new “Insurance Companies Market Report 2004,” which provides an analysis of U.K. insurance...
Aug 23 2004 // Under heavy pressure from Congress and insurance industry lobbyists to pick up the pace on regulatory modernization, the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) accepted most of the changes to its market...
Aug 23 2004 // The American Association of Trial Lawyers held its annual convention in Boston early last month. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer was among the speakers. The following is an exchange of e-mails between ATLA and yours...
Aug 23 2004 // Attendees at the 12th Annual Mid-Year Property and Casualty Symposium presented in July by the Insurance Council of Texas and the Association of Fire and Casualty Companies in Texas (AFACT) were treated to a series of...
Aug 23 2004 // Under heavy pressure from Congress and insurance industry lobbyists to pick up the pace on regulatory modernization, the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) accepted most of the changes to its market...
Aug 23 2004 // IBA West’s O’Kane Reflects Back on 22-Year TenureThere are few people in the insurance industry that have truly made an impact on behalf of independent agents and brokers. Jerry O’Kane is one of those...
Aug 23 2004 // The American Association of Trial Lawyers (ATLA) held its annual convention in Boston early this month. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer was among the speakers. The following is an exchange of e-mails between...
Aug 23 2004 // The fire season started early this year. Wildfires erupted all over California and in Nevada in mid-July, forcing thousands to evacuate and destroying several homes and outbuildings. Affected areas in California included...
Aug 9 2004 // Like the wheels of Lance Armstrong’s bike—a blur of perpetual motion as he powered up mountain after mountain in the Tour de France—the non-stop cycle of the property/casualty insurance market continues on its...
Aug 5 2004 // InVEST, an education program that strengthens the insurance industry by assembling a diverse group of high school and community college students and shaping them into insurance professionals and informed consumers,...
Jul 29 2004 // Atlanta-based Ebix Inc., an international developer and supplier of software and e-commerce solutions to the insurance industry, announced the appointment of Kenneth Merin, an attorney with approximately 30 years of...
Jul 27 2004 // Fitch Ratings has revised its Rating Outlook for the global reinsurance sector to Stable from Negative. Prior to this change, Fitch had maintained a Negative Rating Outlook on the sector since 2001.Fitch’s revised...
Jul 27 2004 // As 2002 fades from memory as the worst performance year by the Canadian property/casualty insurance industry, 2003, on the other hand, will be remembered for the industry’s return to underwriting profitability and...