Latest Property Casualty Headlines

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Munich Re’s Q1 Profit Drops 23.5% on Higher Claims Payments from Previous Years

May 8 2019 // German reinsurer Munich Re reported a 23.5 percent decrease in its first quarter net profit to €633 million ($708.6 million) from €827 million ($925.7 million) in Q1 2018.The world’s largest reinsurer blamed the...

AIG Scores P/C Insurance Profit in Q1

May 7 2019 // Insurer American International Group Inc. reported first-quarter earnings that trounced Wall Street estimates on Monday, as its general insurance business posted its first underwriting profit since the financial...

U.S. P/C Commercial Lines Market ‘Best in Years,’ Says Chubb CEO Greenberg

May 6 2019 // Chubb Chairman and CEO Evan Greenberg referred to his company as being in the midst of a “rational market” and appeared pleased with its direction and tone so far in 2019.“In the first quarter, in total,...

People

May 6 2019 // Robert Bauer has joined insurance broker Marsh to lead its U.S. Sharing Economy & Mobility Practice. Bauer will focus on developing and delivering products and services to companies operating in the new economy while...

Talanx Acquires P/C Insurer in Turkey from Munich Re Subsidiary

May 2 2019 // The German insurer Talanx has acquired the property/casualty insurer ERGO Sigorta A.S. from a Munich Re subsidiary.Financial details of the transaction where not disclosed. Talanx purchased ERGO Sigorta from ERGO...

Chubb’s Q1 Net Income Dips Slightly but Commercial Insurance Produces Gains

May 2 2019 // Chubb saw its net income dip slightly in the 2019 first quarter, though commercial and other insurance premiums rose at a healthy clip. The insurance giant’s property/casualty combined ratio also improved, and...

Prime Property & Casualty Insurance Now Writing Commercial Auto in North Carolina

May 2 2019 // Prime Property & Casualty Insurance Inc. has entered the North Carolina commercial auto markets as an admitted carrier specializing in insurance for distressed and substandard risks.PPCI offers the capacity to insure...

Prime Property & Casualty Insurance Enters New Mexico Commercial Auto Market

May 2 2019 // Prime Property & Casualty Insurance Inc. has entered the New Mexico commercial auto market as an admitted carrier specializing in insurance for distressed and substandard risks.PPCI offers the capacity to insure any...

WTW Names Richardson UK & Ireland Leader, Insurance Consulting & Technology Unit

May 1 2019 // Willis Towers Watson announced that Tammy Richardson will take on the role of UK and Ireland leader for life and property & casualty in the company’s Insurance Consulting and Technology business.Richardson most...

Gen Re Appoints D’Arcy as Head of International Property & Casualty

Apr 30 2019 // General Re Corp., the reinsurance subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, announced that Andrew D’Arcy will become head of Gen Re International Property & Casualty.D’Arcy will relinquish the role of CEO of...

Seeman Holtz Acquires Schwarz Insurance Agency in Wisconsin

Apr 25 2019 // Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty LLC has acquired Schwarz Insurance Agency Inc., headquartered in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, with six other offices across the state.Kathy Schwarz, an active employee of the Schwarz...

The Lowdown: The Silent Battle Between Agencies and Companies

Apr 23 2019 // P&C insurance companies are scared. Not all are scared, of course. Some are big enough, some are smart enough, and others are ignorant enough to not be scared about the future of insurance distribution. The ones that...

SCOR Global P&C Grows Reinsurance Premiums by 9.6% During April Renewals

Apr 22 2019 // SCOR Global P&C grew its gross written premiums by 9.6 percent, at constant exchange rates, to €548 million ($616 million), during the April 1 reinsurance renewals.In the aftermath of the events in 2018, catastrophe...

Sompo International Appoints Brazil as CEO of SI Insurance (Europe)

Apr 22 2019 // Sompo International Holdings Ltd., the Bermuda-based specialty provider of property and casualty re/insurance, announced that Thomas Brazil will become chief executive officer of SI Insurance (Europe), SA, the...

Fitch Keeps Stable Outlook for P/C Insurers After Underwriting Profit in 2018

Apr 22 2019 // After two consecutive years of combined ratios above 100, the U.S. property/casualty industry returned to a modest statutory underwriting profit in 2018 as catastrophe losses slowed, premium growth accelerated and several...

Travelers’ Close to Lead Valent Group’s Alabama P&C Brokerage, Service Dept.

Apr 22 2019 // Valent Group, the risk consulting and insurance division of EBSCO Industries (EBSCO), has hired Kurt Close to lead its Birmingham, Ala.-based property and casualty broking and service departments.Close comes to Valent...

Partner Re Names Colello to Lead P/C Business in U.S., Canada, Latin America

Apr 17 2019 // PartnerRe announced that Jonathan Colello will join the company effective July 1, 2019, as chief executive officer for P&C Americas, and president of Partner Reinsurance Co. of the U.S. In his new role, Colello will...

ProAssurance of Alabama Makes Management Changes; Francis to Lead Healthcare

Apr 17 2019 // ProAssurance Corporation has revised its management structure for its newly formed Specialty P&C operating division.As previously announced, Michael L. Boguski will assume the presidency of Specialty P&C on May 13,...

Washington Official Wants to Raise Insurance Tax to Help Fight Wildfires

Apr 15 2019 // With an increasing number of forest fires scorching portions of Washington each year, the Legislature is considering a proposal to create a fund dedicated to preventing and battling wildfires.In March, Commissioner of...

Liberty Mutual to Acquire AmTrust’s Surety, Credit Reinsurance Business

Apr 15 2019 // Liberty Mutual Insurance said it has agreed to acquire the global surety and credit reinsurance operations of property/casualty insurer AmTrust Financial Services. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Upon closing, Liberty...