All the headlines from our Reinsurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 23 2006 // Although the overall market trends in both pricing and terms and conditions will not be fully developed until the July 1, 2006, Florida renewals are complete, and Standard & Poor’s says it is concerned that the...
Jan 23 2006 // Three elected representatives from New York joined with a leading homeowner’s insurance company last week in a call for increased government involvement in providing reinsurance for catastrophes.Congressman Steve...
Jan 23 2006 // Swiss Re announced that it has completed a its first credit reinsurance securitization – a €252 million ($309 million) issue transferring credit insurance risk to the capital markets, “thereby increasing...
Jan 23 2006 // New York officials have reportedly reassured the insurance community that, despite concerns over some alleged abuses of finite reinsurance, the use of certain multi-year reinsurance contracts that might be classified as...
Jan 23 2006 // Each year the Insurance Information Institute invites a panel of Wall Street stock analysts and industry professionals to review the prospects for the industry in the year ahead. This year’s survey results indicate...
Jan 23 2006 // Although Katrina is long gone, the clouds of misfortune she and her sisters generated will linger for decades. They radiate well beyond Louisiana, Florida, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama and other regions into the heart of...
Jan 23 2006 // The year 2005 is looking like it was a relatively good one with solid financial news for property casualty insurers overall, despite record catastrophe losses, and 2006 could bring even better news, according to analysts...
Jan 23 2006 // Stock Prices: Commercial lines stocks advanced for the second consecutive two-month period, up 5 percent for November/December, compared to a 7 percent increase in September/October. Companies continue to impress despite...
Jan 23 2006 // ‘The expectation for a third consecutive underwriting profit in 2006 is, of course, predicated on the belief that catastrophe activity will return to more “normal” levels.Record catastrophe losses will...
Jan 23 2006 // Record catastrophe losses will weigh heavily on 2005’s underwriting results, according to the Insurance Information Institute’s recent “Earlybird Forecast Survey,” but the survey of Wall Street...
Jan 23 2006 // According to a new report – “Tighter Regulations Spark Rating Demand In Japan’s Growing Captive Insurer Market” – published by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services; more attention is...
Jan 22 2006 // Lloyd’s urges end to U.S. insurance ‘protectionism’The U.S. should remove existing trade barriers to permit foreign reinsurers to lend more support in the event of another mega-disaster such as Hurricane...
Jan 22 2006 // The Ohio Department of Insurance recently filed revisions to several rules that could impact property and casualty insurance companies.The rules deal with solvency surveillance, acquisition or mergers, reinsurance terms...
Jan 22 2006 // Record catastrophe losses will weigh heavily on 2005’s underwriting results, according to the Insurance Information Institute’s Earlybird Forecast Survey, but the survey of Wall Street stock analysts and...
Jan 22 2006 // 2006 looking good already for P/C industryRecord catastrophe losses will weigh heavily on 2005’s underwriting results, according to the Insurance Information Institute’s recent Earlybird Forecast Survey, but...
Jan 22 2006 // Stock Prices: Commercial lines stocks advanced for the second consecutive two-month period, up 5 percent for November/December, compared to a 7 percent increase in September/October. Companies continue to impress despite...
Jan 22 2006 // Fortunately for insurers, 2006 will likely feature far fewer screaming headlines announcing investigations into various insurance industry practices such as broker compensation and finite reinsurance.Each year the...
Jan 22 2006 // I.I.I. JOINT P/C FORUM: Outside Looking In – Left to right: V.J. Dowling, Dowling & Partners Securities; Mark Puccia, Standard & Poor’s; David Schiff, Schiff’s Insurance Observer; Brian P....
Jan 22 2006 // Although Katrina is long gone, the clouds of misfortune she and her sisters generated will linger for decades. They radiate well beyond Louisiana, Florida, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama and other regions into the heart of...
Jan 19 2006 // RLI Corp. has promoted Carol Denzer to vice president, chief information officer, and Chad Berberich to assistant vice president, reinsurance and catastrophe management. Denzer, a graduate of St. Cloud State University,...