As part of the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation's (IICF) Volunteer Week, more than 4,000 insurance industry volunteers provided 15,000 hours of service to not-profits across the country.
In spite of a difficult year for catastrophes, buyers of both liability and property coverage are for the most part pleased with their renewals, even for difficult placements, although they stress that having a positive risk history and solid broker/market relationships makes a difference.
In honor of the national holiday that coincides with this issue of NU, we thought wed serve up a feast of items about which P&C pros (and NUs editors) can be thankful.
The first-half results for property and casualty insurers are in, and the numbers are not very pretty, as the industry reported more than a 71 percent drop in net income.
The first-half results for P&C insurers are in and the results are not very pretty, as the industry reported more than a 71 percent drop in net income.
U.S. insurers continue to release information on 2011 weather-related losses, with State Farm saying it has paid policyholders $5 billion so far during the year.
Although carriers may not have given salvage much thought in their CAT planning/recovery strategies, it definitely behooves them to identify and forge alliances with industry movers and shakers.