All the headlines from our Market Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 8 2004 // Industry executives in the workers’ compensation field from across the nation gathered in Las Vegas Feb. 5-6 for the 5th Annual AMCOMP (American Society of Workers’ Comp Professionals Inc.) Meeting &...
Mar 8 2004 // Surplus lines company executives and wholesalers at NAPSLO responded uniformly with broad smiles when asked about their 2003 results.Although I’ve been around the specialty industry for more years than I care to...
Mar 8 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Louisiana (IIABL) has launched its nation-wide campaign to attract insurers to Louisiana, kicking it off with the distribution of “Louisiana: A Landmark...
Mar 4 2004 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America and the American Insurance Association have both gone on record as opposed to a bill being considered by the Joint Committee on Taxation that places insurers in the...
Mar 4 2004 // The competition for the most prestigious awards given to insurance marketing communications professionals kicks off today with a worldwide call for entries for the annual Showcase™ Awards, presented by the Insurance...
Mar 3 2004 // New Jersey Banking and Insurance Commissioner Holly Bakke announced this week that the competitive auto insurance marketplace that is emerging in New Jersey reportedly as a result of Governor McGreevey’s reforms is...
Mar 3 2004 // A new study by PricewaterhouseCoopers has confirmed that enterprise risk management (ERM) is on the boardroom agenda as a key driver for a competitive edge in the insurance industry, but some leading insurers need to close...
Mar 2 2004 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens issued a recommendation to all licensed property/casualty insurance companies, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, trade associations and other interested...
Mar 1 2004 // Tennessee-based Diversified Product Inspections Inc. (www.dpi-inc.com), a provider of independent product failure analysis, air contamination and fire investigations for the insurance industry, has presented 17 Product...
Feb 26 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Louisiana (IIABL) announced the launch of a nation-wide campaign to attract insurance companies to Louisiana. The campaign kicked off with the nationwide distribution of...
Feb 23 2004 // Some have viewed this law as a bailout of a failed insurance industry; we believe just the opposite is true.When Congress passed the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) in 2002, some heralded the act as a panacea for...
Feb 23 2004 // According to a recently released report from Munich Re, fatalities caused by natural catastrophes were up 450 percent in 2003, while insured losses reached $15 billion. More ominous was the reinsurer’s conclusion...
Feb 23 2004 // As the insurance industry, the nursing home industry, trial lawyers, and more look to find common ground in the saga of Florida nursing homes, the thought that the situation will eventually find the right answers does...
Feb 23 2004 // As Abbott and Costello famously observed, “Who’s on First?” A new report from independent insurance intermediary Benfield concludes that despite “ample capacity and signs of resurgent competition,...
Feb 23 2004 // As Abbott and Costello famously observed, “Who’s on First?” A new report from independent insurance intermediary Benfield concludes that despite “ample capacity and signs of resurgent competition,...
Feb 23 2004 // Washington native Mike Kreidler was elected to the office of Insurance Commissioner in November 2000, taking office in January 2001. Before becoming Insurance Commissioner, Kreidler enjoyed a varied political career. He...
Feb 19 2004 // A.M. Best Co. affirmed the “A” (Excellent) financial strength rating of General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC) (Mumbai, India) and the “A” (Excellent) rating of New India Assurance Company...
Feb 19 2004 // As the signature lawsuit from Sept. 11, 2001, makes its way through the federal court system, there is no foreseeable impact on insurer ratings, according to Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services.“Under the...
Feb 18 2004 // Holland’s ING Group announced that it will reorganize its insurance activities in Argentina, effectively leaving the market with the resulting loss of 650 jobs.A company announcement said it had made the decision...
Feb 18 2004 // Philadelphia-based PMA Capital Corporation announced that Peter S. Burgess, Richard Lutenski and Vincent T. Donnelly have been elected as directors of the Company. It also noted that Paul I. Detwiler, Jr. and Louis N....