All the headlines from our Property Casualty Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 18 2012 // AtlasAtlas Financial Holdings Inc. has started selling its core commercial automobile insurance products in Utah, becoming the 31st state where Atlas is actively underwriting. Atlas’ insurance subsidiaries, American...
Jun 18 2012 // There’s a lot of talk in property/casualty insurance circles these days about how the industry is going to replace the huge wave of baby boomers that are beginning to retire and will continue to do so into the next...
Jun 18 2012 // What would happen to the auto insurance industry if automobile safety improves to the point that vehicle collisions become relics of the past?That’s the question explored by global consulting and research firm,...
Jun 13 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength ratings (FSR) of ‘A+’ (Superior) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “aa” of the North America property/casualty subsidiaries of ACE Limited, which...
Jun 11 2012 // There’s a lot of talk in property/casualty insurance circles these days about how the industry is going to replace the huge wave of baby boomers that are beginning to retire and will continue to do so into the next...
Jun 8 2012 // “Over the next 18 months it’s estimated that Ireland will spend 100 million euros (app. $125 million) on preparations for Solvency II (SII),” said Garvan O’Neill, a partner in...
Jun 8 2012 // Like the economy, the workers’ compensation market has suffered in recent years. Results for 2011 were no better than 2010. The good news: results for the workers’ comp market were not worse either.The combined...
Jun 6 2012 // Lockton announced that Ana Luisa Gomez has joined the company as Managing Director and CEO of Lockton Mexico Agente de Seguros y Fianzas, for all property and casualty and surety business lines.Gomez has 20 years of...
Jun 5 2012 // Towers Watson, a global professional services company, has launched the Chief Risk Officer (CRO) Network, a knowledge-sharing network dedicated exclusively to senior risk officers of life, health and property &...
Jun 4 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A++’ (Superior) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “aa+” of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (SFMAIC) and its...
Jun 4 2012 // John Paulson, the hedge fund manager who has been pressuring The Harford to break itself apart to maximize shareholder value, is apparently satisfied with the insurer’s restructuring effort.Paulson’s hedge fund...
Jun 4 2012 // The Demotech Company Classification System categorizes insurers into one of 11 categories based on an analysis of data reported by the companies to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.The 11 categories that...
Jun 4 2012 // BenefitSpecialists, Higginbotham Insurance GroupHigginbotham Insurance Group and BenefitSpecialists announced the merger of their operations in Houston. BenefitSpecialists, an employee benefits broker in Houston, will...
Jun 4 2012 // What would happen to the auto insurance industry if automobile safety improves to the point that vehicle collisions become relics of the past?That’s the question explored by global consulting and research firm,...
Jun 4 2012 // This is the second article in a two-part series on general ledger accounting. Part one can be viewed online.Only a few years ago, general ledger (GL) accounting was considered adequate by the industry consultants and...
Jun 4 2012 // There’s a lot of talk in property/casualty insurance circles these days about how the industry is going to replace the huge wave of baby boomers that are beginning to retire and will continue to do so into the next...
Jun 1 2012 // Los Angeles, Calif.-based Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. named Chris Poveromo branch manager and senior vice president of property/casualty.Additionally, the firm named Mark Ulrich senior Vice president of...
May 31 2012 // Once again, Insurance Journal is on the search for leading privately-held property casualty independent agencies and brokerages for its annual Top 100 Property/Casualty Independent Insurance Agencies report.Top Overall...
May 30 2012 // Insurance agency consultant Chris Burand is launching a new blog on insurance agency errors and omissions (E&O) issues on InsuranceJournal.comIn Burand’s Agency E&O Blog, the consultant will share E&O...
May 23 2012 // In current practice insurance premium accounting is based on general ledger (GL) accounting. It is used by all agency management software applications: AMS, Applied Systems, etc., just to name a few. Developed more than...