All the headlines from our Property Casualty Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 27 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a-” of the property/casualty group, Horace Mann Insurance Group and its...
Apr 24 2012 // The Norman-Spencer Agency is launching First Marine, an A+ rated, nationally admitted property and casualty coverage product.First Marine is a new proprietary program available through Norman-Spencer’s Marine...
Apr 24 2012 // The ACE Group has announced new leadership appointments in its Canadian operations.Andrew Hollenberg, Regional Senior Vice President, Accident & Health (A&H) and Life for ACE Europe, has been appointed Country...
Apr 23 2012 // The current property/casualty market is not a “classic” hard market, yet anyway.While prices are clearly rising in certain lines including property and workers’ compensation, other conditions of a...
Apr 18 2012 // Allied World Assurance Company Holdings AG said industry veteran Lou Iglesias joined Allied World U.S. as president of the property/casualty division. He will be based in New York City. His responsibility will include...
Apr 18 2012 // The Travelers Companies Inc. will kick off property/casualty insurers’ 2012 first-quarter earnings season Thursday, April 19, when the company reports its 2012 first three month results. Travelers is the first major...
Apr 18 2012 // Those interested in new or better positions in insurance might want to grab their suntan lotion and head to the Southeast. They might also want to brush up on their Spanish.The unemployment rate remains higher in key...
Apr 17 2012 // A new analysis shows that while the private U.S. property/casualty insurers suffered deteriorating results in 2011, they still ended the year with a strong and improved fourth-quarter.Private U.S. P/C insurers’ net...
Apr 17 2012 // A vast majority of corporate risk managers at U.S. companies are taking steps to prepare for a hardening property/casualty (P/C) insurance market.Professional services company Towers Watson’s annual survey also found...
Apr 16 2012 // Prev Next More with Less Many employers got used to doing more with fewer people during the downturn. Slow Going Insurance hiring may rise but it will likely still lag behind insurance demand. Touch Somebody Referrals from...
Apr 16 2012 // Looking for work can be an exhausting, soul-draining endeavor during the best of economic times. It goes without saying that job searching is considerably more challenging these days, when the U.S. unemployment rate is...
Apr 16 2012 // The insurance employment market in the East and Northeast regions — as in most other parts of the country — can be summed up the following way: hiring is “slightly elevated” compared to last year, but there...
Apr 16 2012 // (A full version of this article, as well as exclusive podcasts featuring Hanover CEO Frederick Eppinger, is available on InsuranceJournal.com)Eight out of 160 years of history may not seem like a big deal but for Hanover...
Apr 16 2012 // Eight out of 160 years of history may not seem like a big deal but for Hanover Insurance Group, founded in 1852, the last eight years have seen a series of big deals.Eight years ago in 2004, the $2.4 billion heavily...
Apr 16 2012 // By now, it’s clear that the billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson is not shy of letting his feelings be heard, especially when it comes to under-performing stocks.For the past couple of months, his target was...
Apr 13 2012 // The St. Landry Parish School Board has voted to begin receiving quotes for the district’s property, casualty and liability insurance coverage.The Advocate reports board attorney Gerard Caswell recommended on April 11...
Apr 13 2012 // New York regulators launched a new online application to make it easier for the public to look at the data used by property/casualty insurers to support rate increases, introduce new products or change existing insurance...
Apr 11 2012 // National Financial Partners Corp. subsidiary, NFP Property and Casualty Services Inc. (NFP P&C), acquired Illinois-based Ameribonds Surety & Insurance Services (Ameribonds Surety), effective April 2, 2012, the...
Apr 9 2012 // The recent acquisition of Roseland, N.J.-based insurance wholesaler Crump Group by BB&T Corp., a major regional bank and insurance broker based in Winston-Salem, N.C., created one of the largest providers of wholesale...
Apr 6 2012 // Chicago-headquartered CNA Financial Corporation appointed Bill Donovan as vice president of its Hartford, Conn., branch. Bill Donovan In this role, Donovan is responsible for synchronizing branch operations with...