Improved pricing conditions in the wake of record second-half catastrophe losses have prompted equity analysts to take a more optimistic view of the property-casualty ...
Hurricane Wilma==which by some estimates may have inflicted a $12 billion insured loss==will put financial pressure on insurers and reinsurers but not enough to ...
Boston--Rating agency scrutiny is currently focused on monoline property-catastrophe reinsurers, but changes to evaluation models they're introducing could impact the wider insurance industry--even in ...
Despite heavy U.S. losses from recent natural catastrophes, Munich Re reported third quarter profits were up 33 percent on the strength of investment results.For ...
Washington--A member of a House panel scored insurance commissioners for a lack of speed and uniformity in their reaction to Hurricane Katrina and other ...
A Florida insurance executive heading the state's residual market insurer warned an industry conference that homeowners' premium prices for some coastal locations in 2006 ...
Washington_A major brokerage executive suggested to a Senate panel today that contractors doing catastrophe cleanup work may be unable to secure coverage unless ...
Berkshire Hathaway has reported third-quarter net earnings dropped 48.5 percent to $586 million, or $381 per share, with nearly $3 billion in hurricane losses ...
Standard & Poor's today became the fourth major rating agency to lower its ratings for Bermuda-based IPCRe Ltd. in recent weeks, dropping the financial ...