All the headlines from our Property Casualty Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 12 2007 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. recently announced it will pay $1.25 billion in dividends to its mutual auto insurance policyholders in 46 states, the District of Columbia and the Canadian province of New...
Mar 12 2007 // Contrary to popular opinion and despite well-publicized security breaches at governmental entities and major corporations, the primary methods of confiscating the information necessary to commit identity theft turn out to...
Mar 12 2007 // More independent insurance agencies gave salary increases in 2006 than in 2005, but still nearly half of all agency salaries nationwide stayed right where they were compared to 2005. On the other hand, producer commission...
Mar 12 2007 // In our travels as consultants to the insurance industry, we have noticed that one of the more elusive “standards” or “norms” is compensation for employee benefits producers and staff. The difficulty...
Mar 12 2007 // Rating and industry analysts at A.M. Best are maintaining their stable outlook for the personal lines property/casualty segment in 2007 based on what they see as this sector’s continued favorable risk-adjusted...
Mar 12 2007 // In our travels as consultants to the insurance industry, we have noticed that one of the more elusive “standards” or “norms” is compensation for employee benefits producers and staff. The difficulty...
Mar 12 2007 // More independent insurance agencies gave salary increases in 2006 than in 2005, but still nearly half of all agency salaries nationwide stayed right where they were compared to 2005. On the other hand, producer commission...
Mar 6 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during January. The actions include nine license revocations, two license denials and fines and...
Mar 5 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has completed its assessment of the U.S. commercial market and revised the outlook to stable from negative for 2007. Although A.M. Best says there continues to be evidence of pricing deterioration, the level...
Mar 2 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has commented that its ratings for Swiss Re and its rated subsidiaries remain unchanged following the publication of its 2006 consolidated results (See IJ web site March 1).Best noted Swiss Re’s...
Mar 1 2007 // Rating and industry analysts at A.M. Best are maintaining their stable outlook for the personal lines property/casualty segment in 2007 based on what they see as this sector’s continued favorable risk-adjusted...
Feb 26 2007 // The numbers, or estimates, for the property casualty insurance industry for 2006 are in. Dr Robert Hartwig, president and chief economist of the Insurance Information Institute, discussed them with Insurance...
Feb 26 2007 // The numbers, or estimates, for the property casualty insurance industry for 2006 are in, and Dr. Robert Hartwig, president and chief economist of the Insurance Information Institute, discussed them with Insurance...
Feb 26 2007 // Contrary to popular opinion and despite well-publicized security breaches at governmental entities and major corporations, the primary methods of confiscating the information necessary to commit identity theft turn out to...
Feb 26 2007 // The numbers, or estimates, for the property/ casualty insurance industry for 2006 are in. Dr. Robert Hartwig, president and chief economist of the Insurance Information Institute, sat down with Insurance Journal’s...
Feb 26 2007 // Virtually all industries respect and demand top line growth. Publicly traded companies, competing for capital, are required to demonstrate an ability to facilitate top line growth. In stark contrast to other industries,...
Feb 26 2007 // Business interruption coverage a must in a world awaiting the next illness ‘outbreak’Whether you study the growth curve in the “baby boomer” generation or generation “X” or...
Feb 25 2007 // News CurrentsThe numbers, or es-timates, for the property casualty insurance industry for 2006 are in, and Dr. Robert Hartwig, president and chief economist of the Insurance Information Institute, discussed them with...
Feb 25 2007 // Covington, La.-based First Premium Insurance Group Inc., a regional property and casualty insurance broker, added a new team member, Crystal DePascual.DePascual joined First Premium’s staff as marketing...
Feb 25 2007 // Contrary to popular opinion and despite well-publicized security breaches at governmental entities and major corporations, the primary methods of confiscating the information necessary to commit identity theft turn out to...