All the headlines from our Market Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 17 2016 // San Diego, CA, February 17, 2016 – Industry veteran, founder and chief executive of Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC (“Atlas”), Bill Trzos has been named in Insurance Business America’s...
Feb 11 2016 // A recently released study shows the positive contributions insurance industry brings to Michigan’s economy.The report — Economic Footprint of Michigan’s Insurance Industry — by Anderson Economic Group shows...
Feb 11 2016 // A UK exit from the European Union will create a “rarely experienced” level of uncertainty for Lloyd’s, the London market as well as the UK and other European economies, according to Sean McGovern,...
Feb 11 2016 // The insurance industry is becoming the latest casualty of the oil price slump, with postponements and cancellations of energy projects forcing down premium rates and income in a market that was already crowded.Insurers...
Feb 9 2016 // Insurance agency and brokerage organic revenue growth slowed to 4.6 percent for 2015, according to the latest Reagan Consulting Organic Growth and Profitability (OGP) survey. That was down from the organic growth of 6.2...
Feb 9 2016 // It’s anticipated that by 2020 there will be hundreds of thousands of unfilled positions in the insurance industry and that some 25 percent of those currently working in the sector will retire within the next three...
Feb 8 2016 // It’s anticipated that by 2020 there will be hundreds of thousands of unfilled positions in the insurance industry and that some 25 percent of those currently working in the sector will retire within the next three...
Feb 8 2016 // The nonprofit sector is not what it used to be.This critical sector represents more than 1.5 million organizations and accounts for almost 10 percent of all salaries and wages paid in the United States. And it’s...
Feb 4 2016 // Flood Re, the UK’s new flood reinsurance scheme, has successfully secured a £2.1 billion ($3 billion) multi-year reinsurance program. Flood Re, based in London, will begin operating in April.In an oversubscribed...
Feb 2 2016 // Insurance agents aren’t dead yet, but even underwriters participating in the personal automobile insurance market may be looking for another line of work within the next two decades, industry observers said at a...
Jan 29 2016 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) announced that 57 new captive insurance companies domiciled in the state 2015, which represents a 37 percent increase over 2014. The new captives are comprised of...
Jan 28 2016 // What will the insurance industry be like in 15 years?The future will arrive whether the industry is ready or not. And while even so-called experts are no better than the average person in predicting it, what’s most...
Jan 25 2016 // Iowa will hold its third annual Global Insurance Symposium April 26-28, 2016, in downtown Des Moines.This year’s symposium is themed “Inspiring Innovation in the Insurance Industry.” Planners say...
Jan 25 2016 // Alice Vaidyan has been appointed as chair and managing director of General Insurance Corp. of India (GIC Re), the national reinsurer. She is the first woman to be appointed as chair in the history of Indian insurance...
Jan 25 2016 // What will the insurance industry be like in 15 years?The future will arrive whether the industry is ready or not. And while even so-called experts are no better than the average person in predicting it, what’s most...
Jan 25 2016 // Results of Mississippi’s Clarity Act Data Call are in and they confirm what insurance experts in the state say they already knew: insurers are not overcharging coastal residents in Mississippi. In fact, many...
Jan 25 2016 // Few people in the world could probably offer the sort of perspective on China’s developing insurance industry as economist Qixiang Sun.Sun is the dean of the school of economics at Peking University, and director of...
Jan 25 2016 // It is time to put on the thinking cap and roll up the sleeves to determine what needs to be done to put the firm in a great position for growth and profit in 2016.Those that like to be proactive by being strategic and...
Jan 25 2016 // The property and casualty (P/C) industry is in a great position for further growth in the upcoming year. Robust economic recovery along with the entry of new products and services have enhanced the industry’s...
Jan 25 2016 // Leaders of the property/casualty insurance industry expect 2016 to be a profitable year much like 2015 but do not see any increase in profitability this year for most lines of insurance, and they expect the economy to stay...