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By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 21, 2012
The sun shone on Bermuda’s reinsurers during the first quarter of 2012, but regulatory changes and cat losses still lurk in the water.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 9, 2012
The Heartland Institute and its insurance-centric Washington unit are negotiating a divorce, a process said to be accelerated by distress over the institute’s now-suspended ad campaign linking support for global warming with serial killers.
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By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360.com, Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 8, 2012
Prompted by a lobbying group that supports efforts to reduce global warming, three insurance companies and the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers have publicly renounced their support for the Heartland Institute, a libertarian research group.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 16, 2012
The U.S. reinsurance industry was hit hard by catastrophes in 2011, producing a combined ratio of well over 100, according to one survey of U.S. reinsurance property and casualty underwriters.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
November 7, 2011
The full National Association of Insurance Commissions passed a landmark model law Sunday that seeks to reduce reinsurance collateral requirements for non-U.S. reinsurers domiciled in qualified jurisdictions.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
November 15, 2010
Election Day was a good one for the property and casualty insurance industry, with the results boding well for many industry initiatives and concerns.
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
June 7, 2010
William Berkley, who heads a group of U.S. insurers working to close what they see as a tax loophole for foreign insurers, suggested that critics are launching empty threats to thwart his coalition's efforts.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
February 2, 2010
Insurance industry representatives said President Obama's new effort to tax insurers who cede premiums to overseas affiliates is far tougher than previous proposals aimed at low-tax offshore havens.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
February 2, 2010
President Obama has proposed a budget for 2011 that reopens the volatile issue of taxing offshore insurers, especially those based in Bermuda.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
February 1, 2010
President Obama has proposed a budget for 2011 that reopens the volatile issue of taxing offshore insurers, especially those based in Bermuda.
