All the headlines from our Market Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 10 2002 // The property/casualty insurance industry recorded its first-ever net loss after taxes in 2001, stemming from sharply higher underwriting losses and substantial deterioration in investment results, according to Insurance...
Jul 8 2002 // Last January separate panels of analysts who follow the insurance industry and CEO’s of insurance companies predicted a “foreshortened” cycle, a brief hard market that would give insurers little relief...
Jul 8 2002 // The next chairman of the Lloyd’s of London insurance market was named as Lord Levene of Portsoken. He is presently vice chairman of Deutsche Bank London. Lord Levene will be the first chairman of Lloyd’s in its...
Jul 8 2002 // Lloyd’s of London is perhaps the most well- known insurer in the U.S., not only due to its 300 years of existence, but also because this country is the London market’s biggest customer, accounting for over 35...
Jul 8 2002 // At its Insurance 2002 conference in New York recently, Standard and Poor’s offered little consolation to insurance agents and brokers who are looking for quick relief from the pressures of the current hard market.The...
Jul 8 2002 // Lloyd’s of London is perhaps the most well known insurer in the U.S., not only due to its 300 years of existence, but also because this country is the London market’s biggest customer, accounting for over 35...
Jul 8 2002 // Considering Texas has one of the most difficult insurance markets in the country right now, Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor comes across not at all as one might expect—an embattled public official scrambling to...
Jul 8 2002 // Last January separate panels of analysts who follow the insurance industry and CEO’s of insurance companies predicted a “foreshortened” cycle, a brief hard market that would give insurers little relief...
Jul 8 2002 // At its Insurance 2002 conference in New York recently, Standard and Poor’s offered little consolation to insurance agents and brokers who are looking for quick relief from the pressures of the current hard market.The...
Jul 8 2002 // Swett & Crawford chairman David Hartoch has seen a number of changes in the excess and surplus industry during his decades in the business. As he approaches retirement in December, Hartoch took time out to talk with...
Jul 5 2002 // A New Swiss Re Sigma report examines the state of the London Market, describing the effects of the sweeping changes that have occurred over the last decade, the ongoing consolidations, the market’s continuing...
Jun 27 2002 // Wednesday’s teleconference, featuring Swiss Re’s economic experts, concluded that a modest economic recovery will continue, the insurance industry will see higher rates and a “flight to quality, ”...
Jun 27 2002 // The U.S. property/casualty industry’s net income after taxes dropped 7.3 percent to $5.1 billion in first-quarter 2002 from $5.5 billion in first-quarter 2001, according to just released information from Insurance...
Jun 24 2002 // Depending on whom you talk to, mold is either the end of the insurance industry or just a lot of media hype.This issue focuses on the homeowners market and it’s current mold dilemma with three features. “Mold:...
Jun 24 2002 // The St. Paul Companies have agreed to pay nearly $1 billion to settle outstanding claims and lawsuits related to asbestos. The news comes on the heels of PPG Industries’ agreement to a $2.7 billion settlement of...
Jun 24 2002 // As what could become one of the most competitive election seasons in recent Texas history takes shape, it should come as no surprise that the homeowners crisis affecting consumers virtually statewide has taken on prime...
Jun 24 2002 // As what could become one of the most competitive election seasons in recent Texas history takes shape, it should come as no surprise that the homeowners crisis affecting consumers virtually statewide has taken on prime...
Jun 21 2002 // Many of the events that made 2001 the worst year ever for property/casualty insurance will continue to keep the industry in a hard market throughout of this year, said panelists at the Spring Meeting of the Casualty...
Jun 20 2002 // Swiss Re announced that economic and investment professionals will recap the first half of 2002 and take a look ahead at next six months and beyond at the company’s Mid-year Economic and Insurance Industry Review and...
Jun 17 2002 // The combined meeting of the Professional Insurance Agents of New York and New Jersey, recently held in Atlantic City, heard a number of views from a panel of experts on the current state of the insurance market.The...