All the headlines from our Property Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 3 2006 // Editor’s note:This is the first article in a series on Western insurance associations. Part II of this article will appear in a future issue.As people migrate to the West to enjoy the weather and opportunities for...
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 // 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 // North Carolina officials believe tougher and better building codes are essential to protect property along the coast and safeguard the state’s strong property insurance market.News Currents Tougher building code...
Apr 3 2006 // With record hurricane losses in back to back seasons, states along the U.S. Gulf Coast are aiming to boost reserves for their insurers of last resort through the issuance of catastrophe bonds. Louisiana is hard at work...
Apr 3 2006 // Editor’s note: This is the first article in a series on Western insurance associations. Part II of this article will appear in a future issue.As people migrate to the West to enjoy the weather and opportunities for...
Apr 3 2006 // “The ultimate objective is for an insurer is to use an ERM framework to better understand and manage the correlation and diversification of risk across the company and uses this information to determine overall risk...
Apr 3 2006 // outlines any contingency compensation arrangements.News Currents Zurich agents caught in compensation disclosure webInsurer agrees to nationwide compensation disclosure along with payments of $325 million in two...
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...
Mar 28 2006 // Atlanta-based iPartners has announced the release of iPartners Insurance Scorecard to help managers in mid-sized property casualty insurance companies to view and analyze all of the data they need to maximize...
Mar 28 2006 // According to Aon’s first “Global Market Property Tracker” the “slide in international property insurance rates” appears to be continuing despite “a number of terrorism incidents around...
Mar 28 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...
Mar 28 2006 // The Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Society’s California El Camino, Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Chapters are hosting a Contractual Risk Transfer seminar on Thursday, April 20 in Pasadena, Calif. The...
Mar 21 2006 // Property/casualty insurance and risk management increasingly play a role in financial planning, according to a survey by the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies.Fifty-seven percent of the 102 financial planners surveyed...
Mar 20 2006 // Wisconsin-based Wausau Signature Agency has unveiled its new Employee Benefits Division with comprehensive sales, marketing and service capabilities to fully complement its traditionally-strong property and casualty...
Mar 20 2006 // Beazley announced it has hired two senior underwriters to assist with the company’s U.S. operations mid market commercial property business a focus.Todd Hanes joins Beazley as the West Coast regional underwriting...
Mar 19 2006 // Property issues to dominate Florida LegislatureMeasures aimed at improving the property insurance market dominated the insurance agenda as the Florida Legislature convened March 7, according to the American Insurance...
Mar 19 2006 // The top functions of an agency newsletter are to keep in touch with existing insureds at times other than renewal and to establish or maintain contact with selected prospects.Is your agency’s newsletter a...
Mar 19 2006 // The Antifraud Task Force cited the need for a uniform database that would allow state authorities to track vehicles damaged by floods.Federal Bureau of Investigation targeting insurance fraud Agent reports to insurance...
Mar 15 2006 // The New York Assembly approved a bill that would make permanent the New York Property Insurance Underwriting Association (NYPIUA), an insurance program to provide insurance “of last resort” to property owners...