All the headlines from our Property Casualty Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 20 2006 // McQueary Henry Bowles Troy L.L.P. (MHBT) announced the appointment of Linda Ginn as vice president and account executive in the property and casualty group in the firm’s Dallas office.“Linda brings to the MHBT...
Apr 20 2006 // Commercial property/casualty rates were flat or fell slightly during the first quarter of 2006, with renewal premiums for half of all account sizes holding steady or dropping between 1 percent to 10 percent in the first...
Apr 20 2006 // Cincinnati-based The Midland Company, a provider of specialty insurance products and services, announced record results for the first quarter ending March 31, 2006, according to a written statement issued this week.The...
Apr 19 2006 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation will be conducting rate hearings April 25 in Palm Beach Gardens for input from the public concerning rate filings by Cypress Property and Casualty Insurance Company, which is...
Apr 18 2006 // U.S. property/casualty insurers managed to increase earnings and add to their capital base in 2005 despite record catastrophe losses, according to ISO and the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI). Sound...
Apr 17 2006 // Palisades Safety and Insurance Management Corporation, a New Jersey private passenger automobile insurer, announced that Ed Fernandez has assumed the role of president and CEO, effective immediately. Fernandez succeeds...
Apr 17 2006 // Claim counts include March and April stormsN1 U.S. tort costs reach a record $260 billion, study reports Cost exceeds other countries’ by large marginN1 Private companies at increased risk of liability lawsuitsSurvey...
Apr 17 2006 // Atlanta, Ga.-based BrightServ has appointed Michael Frank senior vice president, Insurance Services. His responsibilities include overseeing client requirements, managing client contractor programs and BrightServ processes...
Apr 17 2006 // Editor’s note: This is the second article in a series on Western insurance associations. Part I of this article appeared in the April 3, 2006, western region publication beginning on page 47.As people migrate to the...
Apr 17 2006 // PeoplePacific Specialty Insurance Co., Menlo Park, Calif., promoted Tim Summers to chief operating officer. Summers will continue his duties as executive vice-president and corporate secretary, overseeing the product...
Apr 12 2006 // CBIZ, Inc. today announced that it has acquired Burnham, Colman, Kaelin & Walker of St. Joseph, Mo. effective April 1, 2006.Originally founded in 1899 and with offices in St. Joseph and Kansas City, BCK&W is an...
Apr 11 2006 // Fitch Ratings has affirmed and removed from its Rating Watch Negative all of its ratings on American International Group, Inc. (AIG) and subsidiaries.Fitch originally placed AIG on Rating Watch Negative in March 2005. In...
Apr 10 2006 // The property/casualty insurance industry will report an increase in its capital base and an overall profitable performance in 2005, enabling it to meet the insurance needs of the growing U.S. economy, according to...
Apr 7 2006 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has revised its criteria for measuring the catastrophe risk of primary P/C insurance companies, according to an article published today.The article, which is...
Apr 5 2006 // Citing bipartisan support to revamp the insurance industry regulatory system, two U.S. senators today unveiled legislation that would allow life and property/casualty insurers to choose federal rather than state regulation...
Apr 3 2006 // The threat of more natural disasters could make 2006 a watershed year in how the insurance industry measures risk. With American carriers revamping their reporting and management structures, insurers are expected to...
Apr 3 2006 // Publicly traded property casualty insurance companies must serve many masters. To be competitive in the marketplace, they must offer products that meet the needs of consumers, at prices that are competitive with the...
Apr 3 2006 // Publicly traded property casualty insurance companies must serve many masters.To be competitive in the marketplace, they must offer products that meet the needs of consumers, at prices that are competitive with the...
Apr 3 2006 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry will report deterioration in profitability in 2005 because insured catastrophe losses reached record levels in 2005, Fitch Ratings said. The decrease in profitability is...
Apr 3 2006 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation named Kristin Wall, president and chief operating officer, to replace Steve Cavanaugh as chief executive officer.Cavanaugh tendered his resignation at the March 16 Board of...