All the headlines from our Property Casualty Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 26 2004 // The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2000 census estimated the population of the State of Georgia at 8.2 million. About 79 percent of the adult residents had graduated from high school and about 24 percent had earned a...
Jan 26 2004 // Paula Flowers, the commissioner of Tennessee’s Department of Commerce and Insurance, recently set aside some time to talk with Insurance Journal Southeast regarding some of the industry issues impacting the Volunteer...
Jan 26 2004 // Members of the Alliance of American Insurers and the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) finalized the merger of the trade groups forming a new association to be known as Property Casualty Insurers...
Jan 26 2004 // The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2000 census estimated Ohio’s population at 11.4 million. About 83 percent of the adult residents had graduated from high school and about 21 percent had earned a bachelor’s degree...
Jan 26 2004 // The insurance industry is at a critical juncture, with issues surrounding consolidation, pricing, legislative reforms and capital concerns shaping the market for 2004, according to year-end industry predictions from...
Jan 26 2004 // Members of the Alliance of American Insurers and the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) finalized the merger of the trade groups forming a new association to be known as the Property Casualty Insurers...
Jan 26 2004 // The Texas Department of Insurance held a public hearing Jan. 7, 2004 to consider a proposal that would cap the amount by which insurance companies could increase or decrease rates in personal lines insurance because of an...
Jan 26 2004 // Members of the Alliance of American Insurers and the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) finalized the merger of the trade groups forming a new association to be known as the Property Casualty Insurers...
Jan 26 2004 // The United States Census Bureau’s Census 2000 estimated the population of the State of Louisiana at 4,468,976. Approximately 75 percent of the adult residents had graduated from high school and about 19 percent had...
Jan 26 2004 // The Texas Department of Insurance submitted its 128th Annual Report to the Texas Governor and Legislature in November 2003.The information provided in the tables below are taken from that report. The first shows premium...
Jan 26 2004 // Leaders of the property/casualty insurance industry expect an improvement in profitability for 2004 compared with last year, according to a survey conducted by the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) at its eighth...
Jan 26 2004 // The United States Census Bureau’s Census 2000 estimated the population of the State of Arizona at 5,130,632. Approximately 80 percent of the adult residents had graduated from high school and about 24 percent had...
Jan 26 2004 // As you have no doubt heard by now, this hard market is not just longer; it is fundamentally different. It is by all reports the most moderate in memory, characterized by fewer and less dramatic disruptions of normal market...
Jan 26 2004 // Fitch Ratings affirmed the “BBB+” long-term issuer ratings of American Financial Group Inc. (AFG) and its subsidiaries American Premier Underwriters Inc. and Great American Financial Resources Inc. (GAFR). The...
Jan 23 2004 // Insurers will have to make tough public policy decisions regarding whether the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) should be extended beyond its sunset date of Dec. 31, 2005, attendees at the ExecuSummit Conference in New...
Jan 22 2004 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has upgraded the financial strength ratings of Massachusetts-based Allmerica Financial Corp.’s P/C companies (AFC) to “A-” (Excellent) from “B++” (Very Good)....
Jan 15 2004 // Companion Property & Casualty Insurance Group announced that the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) has awarded the company one of the servicing carrier contracts for the Arkansas Workers’...
Jan 14 2004 // With the economy gaining momentum during the second half of 2003, the number of failed insurance companies declined 21.4 percent, to 22 compared to 28 insurer insolvencies in 2002, according to Weiss Ratings Inc.. Four...
Jan 14 2004 // New York City-based commercial lines wholesaler BISYS has acquired St. Louis-based Uhlemeyer Services Inc., a managing general agency that specializes in workers’ compensation.BISYS said the acquisition complements...
Jan 13 2004 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced it is holding a property/casualty insurance summit, “We’re Taking the Politics Out Of Insurance,” on Jan. 14, 2004. The summit, hosted by Insurance...