Congress Hears Insurers On Federal Terror ReinsuranceWashington Congress took the first tentative steps last week towards setting up a "reinsurer of last resort" for losses ...
No Easy Answers On CoverageFor Future Losses From TerrorismSometimes, circumstances force you to confront problems for which there are no good solutions.That is the situation ...
Insurers Respond To Oxley ChallengeWashington Insurance companies are ready to meet their obligations to policyholders in the wake of the terrorist disaster that struck the ...
WTC Attack To Hike Surplus SubmissionsSurplus lines insurers are unlikely to feel the immediate impact of the World Trade Center disaster that standard insurers will, ...
M&A Activity To Continue In Second-TierMuch has been written in recent years about the inevitable march of consolidation with ever-larger reinsurance groups.On the one hand, ...
Reaction Mixed To AIA Federal Charter PlanWashington Editor The property-casualty insurance industry remains sharply divided over state versus federal regulation in the wake of the ...
Top 20 Groups Intact, But Positions Shift If you had taken a picture of the National Underwriter ranking of the top 20 property-casualty insurance groups ...
Insurers At Odds Over Fed RegulationWashington The leaders of the four major associations representing primary insurance companies are at odds over whether the current exclusive ...
States Warned About Fed's InterventionWashington House Financial Services Committee Chairman Mike Oxley, R-Ohio, warned at a recent hearing that if insurance regulation is not reformed, ...