Over the past several years, the insurance industry has been a juicy target for Internet arbiters. Even the recent dot-com meltdownhasn't slowed the attack. According ...
Mini-catastrophes Cost Insurers $100 Billion Although 2005 was marked by no major catastrophes, there were an unusually large number of both tropical storm and ...
Looking for Reasonable CommercialP-C Returns? Dream OnIn decades past, commercial property-casualty insurers greeted the hardening of the market with relief, confident that the return of ...
Would Insurers Be Better OffGiving Homeowners Coverage Away?The subject of this column is discounting and how insurers can use it to make a profit. Discounting ...
Insurer Corporate Bond Holdings RisingIn the last five years, the general property-casualty insurer investment trends have moved toward non-treasury issues, said Thomas McDonald, managing director ...
Underwriting Cycle Heads South Again Following a three-year gentle recovery from the 1990s soft market for insurance, analysts observed that prices began to decline again ...
How Much Longer To P-C Nirvana?Like kids on a long car trip headed for summer vacation, many insurance company employees and the agents that represent ...
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 ...
Holistic Strategies Seen In P-C Investing Traditional investment styles are being replaced with more "holistic" strategies and an overcapitalized market has added to insurers pressures ...
Tech Concerns Fade Among Global InsurersLondon EditorVienna, Austria The challenge of technology and e-commerce is no longer the most pressing concern facing insurance industry executives ...