Declarations – Southeast

TV Bias

“The refusal to hire minority applicants is a conscious attempt to minimize the risk of alienating their majority-white viewership and the advertisers targeting that viewership. Nevertheless, such discrimination is impermissible under federal law.”

—Lawsuit filed by two Tennessee black men against TV shows “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette.” The men claim the shows are blocking contestants of color from starring roles.

Reinsurance Event

For the majority of global reinsurers, the losses in 2011 amounted to nothing more than a negative earnings event.

—A.M. Best

Mine Survivors

They’re in the worst of ways. They can’t move forward. They can’t get resolution of their claims.

—Attorney Michelle Parfitt who represents survivors of the April 2010 West Virginia mine explosion that killed 29 people.

Hard Question

“If you have to ask [if there is a hard market], the answer is ‘no.'”

—Eric Anderson, CEO, Aon Risk Solutions, Americas