conventional insurance

• Japan Rocked By 9.0 Quake; Will It Change The Market?

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com, Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com, Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com, Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 18, 2011

  In the wake of a magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck Japan on March 11, with insured-loss estimates reaching as high as $35 billion, analysts and rating agencies fell on either side of the debate about whether the event will cause a turn in the long-running soft-market cycle.

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  Industry Puts A Price Tag On Japan Earthquake; Rates May Harden

  By Susanne Sclafane and Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 14, 2011

  The insurance industry is just beginning to grasp the consequences following the massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan late last week, with one catastrophe modeler estimating insured property losses at $35 billion.

• Japan Property Was Underinsured For Earthquake But Losses Mount

  By Chad Hemenway and Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 11, 2011

  Despite the size of its nonlife insurance market, Japan insurance penetration is very low, particularly in commercial and industrial lines, said modeler Risk Management Solutions.

• Making The Case For RRG Modernization

  By Joseph E. Deems  |  December 20, 2010

  Over the years since enactment of the Liability Risk Retention Act of 1986, risk retention groups have grown into a major force in the industrY.

• Cyber Coverage: The New 'Must-Have' In The Property & Casualty Portfolio?

  By Rick Grimes, Karen Kutger  |  March 15, 2010

  If current trends continue, cyber insurance coverage just may take its place alongside workers' comp, general liability, fire and auto insurance in the core commercial property and casualty package.