Preliminary 2005 results provided by the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America and the Insurance Services Office also indicate the industry will post a modest underwriting loss, compared w
When lawmakers in 2003 enacted the first comprehensive set of workers' compensation reforms in a decade, the driving political force was the protest from employers who were up in arms over the lack
INSURANCE OFFICE of America is an agency that has always placed a strong emphasis on growth. Since starting out in 1988 at a single location in Florida, IOA has grown into an organization with 22 offices throughout the Southeast, the Mid-Atlantic and
A softening property-casualty market hasn't deterred two insurers and a wholesale broker from setting up new operations devoted to specialty lines business. In fact, executives recently hanging up
FROM 2001 through 2003, the excess and surplus lines marketplace enjoyed a remarkable run. As standard insurers curbed their underwriting in the hard market, direct written premiums in the E&S segment increased by 35.66% in 2001, by 61.67% in 2002
FROM 2001 through 2003, the excess and surplus lines marketplace enjoyed a remarkable run. As standard insurers curbed their underwriting in the hard market, direct written premiums in the E&S segment increased by 35.66% in 2001, by 61.67% in 2002
Standard & Poor's in a report said for the nine months of 2005, p-c insurers lost ground in reserving for the years prior to 2001, experiencing $16 billion in adverse development for that period. The
At press time, we received this special report from our sister publication which gives the latest update on the devastation in Florida and its impact on insureds and insurers alike. (See our related