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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 9, 2012
Perpetuation remains a significant concern for the property and casualty insurance industry, but the leadership of a leading excess and surplus lines association believes it has developed a message that is attracting new talent.
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By Arthur D. Postal PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 24, 2012
Insurance industry officials say a two-year National Flood Insurance Program extension, as proposed recently by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is better than the current pattern of short-term extensions, but some associations say they would still rather see action on a five-year extension with program reforms.
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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 16, 2012
Due to low catastrophe activity Keefe, Bruyette and Woods expects good first-quarter earnings for the property and casualty insurance industry.
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By Staff Writer |
April 11, 2012
Symbility Solutions Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Automated Benefits Corp., provider of claims processing and estimating software for the property & casualty insurance industry, has closed the previously announced transaction to acquire Marshall & Swift/Boeckh’s (MSB) claims division.
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By Staff Writer |
March 30, 2012
After suffering through a year of elevated property losses and poor underwriting results, U.S. commercial-lines insurers are positioned to deliver improved operating results, but they face impediments toward reaching past profit marks
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 22, 2012
The House took action again today on repealing the McCarran-Ferguson antitrust exemption for health insurers by passing the larger bill to which the repeal amendment was attached.
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By Staff Writer |
March 14, 2012
The RAND Corporation, Risk Management Solutions, Inc. (RMS), and private investors launches a company named Praedicat, Inc., that will provide consulting services and software to the property & casualty insurance industry.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
February 29, 2012
Faced with the daunting task of improving margins in an economically strained environment, insurers are finding ways to increase efficiency, and many see policy administration as an area where technology can accomplish that goal, according to a recent report.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
February 29, 2012
The criticism of a consumer watchdog by an industry analyst heated up when Bob Hunter, the director of insurance for the Consumer Federation of America, refuted the analysis of his work by industry consultant Charles Ruoff.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
February 3, 2012
The property and casualty insurance industry is supporting legislation that would alter patent law to allow for use of parts not made by the manufacturer in repairing damaged vehicles.
