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By Michael P. Voelker |
May 1, 2012
From community building to claims investigation, insurers are learning to make the most of social media technology tools.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 21, 2012
A federal appeals court reinstated a securities lawsuit involving the Ponzi scheme of R. Allen Stanford that names Willis Group Holdings as a defendant in the multi-billion-dollar fraud.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com |
February 2, 2012
Anumber of recent reports conclude that commercial-insurance rates were up in 2011’s fourth quarter and are likely to remain in positive territory through 2012. But factors such as macro-economic conditions and loss-cost trends will limit insurers’ ability to generate underwriting profits, and carriers will have to look elsewhere—for example, mergers...
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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
February 2, 2012
A nonprofit organization and its directors and officers face similar risks as a for-profit board of directors, and might have more to lose. But more and more, for a variety of reasons, nonprofits seem to realize the exposures.
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By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com |
January 18, 2012
Although property and casualty insurers will benefit from rising prices in 2012, economic, regulatory and other challenges mean carriers will have to find other ways to generate growth during the year, according to a Deloitte report.
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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
November 18, 2011
A survey of employees at independent agencies has revealed that many clients do not understand their fiduciary exposures. Nearly 80 percent of agents say clients tell them they don’t feel like there is an exposure.
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By Bonnie Cavanaugh |
October 20, 2011
Growing exposures in the area of cyber liability are creating new pockets of specialized insurance needs within the lawyers’ professional liability (LPL) market.
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By Staff Writer |
October 3, 2011
New York’s new Superintendent of Financial Services Benjamin M. Lawsky announces the launch of the state’s Department of Financial Services, which merges the insurance and banking departments.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
June 28, 2011
Consumer advocates are questioning whether the Treasury Department should include an actuary as a member of the proposed Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance, citing a potential conflict of interest, among other concerns.
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By Staff Writer |
June 16, 2011
CSC is introducing new life insurance services designed to eliminate market-entry barriers, optimize application submission and underwriting processes, and enhance operational performance. These services combine CSC’s insurance systems and traditional business process outsourcing (BPO) service options with CSC’s business process as a service (BPaaS) delivery model, including a portfolio of...
