The 5-year soft market is coming to an end, according to a report by Advisen Ltd. The company predicts that average rate levels for commercial insurance will level off by the second quarter of 2009 and begin to rise
According to the Insurity/Microsoft Millennials in Insurance Survey 2008, nearly 60 percent of our employees are older than age 45. Between now and 2014, the U.S. property-casualty industry must fill almost 100,000 underwriting and claims
The majority of insurance executives expect green insurance to be a durable, considerable and profitable market segment in the future. According to a recent study by Simon-Kucher & Partners of 1,500 U.S.
Notwithstanding the bad press generated by the AIG bailout, property-casualty carriers must convince Congress they are better at risk management than their banking counterparts to avoid federal regulation.In a
More than four in 10 Americans are worried that the economic environment can expose their families to crime, according to a nationwide survey of 1,000 people conducted by the Chubb Group of Insurance Cos. Among
The total insured losses from three wildfires that have swept across California are likely to be between $600 and $800 million, according to AIR Worldwide Corp., a Boston-based modeling techniques firm owned by
The economic downturn means charities across the country are expected to receive declining contributions this holiday season.To prevent this, Yahoo and more than 60,000 nonprofits have partnered with
Workers' compensation claims have a high impact on return to work and costs to employers.The seven biggest mistakes employers make: 1. Not visiting the claim offices and sitting "chair side?bCrLf with the
Senior management executives are increasingly concerned about managing regulatory risk, according to a recent online survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit Ltd.Survey respondents were 320 senior executives, half of which worked in the financial