TRUCKING is a growing niche. That should be obvious to anyone who has driven on an interstate highway lately, and it also is backed up by statistics from the Federal Highway Administration. According to the most recent information posted on its Web
However, Equitas still is a significant rating factor for Lloyd's, S&P said. In addition, the fact there still remain some scenarios in which it is insufficiently capitalized to be successfully run
Equitas Ltd., the Lloyd's runoff company for asbestos and other long-tail claims, has made progress in reducing its balance sheet exposure, according to a Standard & Poor's report on the operation's 1
CONSTRUCTION is one of the most common, yet most specialized, niches available to independent agents and brokers. Contractors are everywhere and are always a major part of the local economy. Yet they also have highly unusual coverage and service
While personal lines carriers may have succeeded in averting any potential "mold crisis" through state-sanctioned exclusions, commercial lines writers are growing less wary of the exposure as they
Buyers seeking an edge in a merger or acquisition deal may be surprised to learn that there are insurance vehicles to help make the deal happen instead of losing it to the next bidder, according to ex
That conclusion was reached in the Lloyd's market financial and operational report for 2006 produced by Guy Carpenter & Company Inc., a reinsurance broker and subsidiary of professional services provi