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By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 18, 2012
The insurance industry held more than $1.1 billion of JPMorgan stock when the bank announced a trading loss of $2 billion on May 10, but most companies should escape any long-term fallout on their portfolios, reports SNL Financial.
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By Mark E. Ruquet |
April 26, 2012
Three subjects dominated discussions among executives and risk managers in Philadelphia at this year’s Risk and Insurance Management Society convention: pricing, Business Interruption and Cyber risk.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 23, 2012
Three subjects appeared to be most prominent in discussions between executives and risk managers in Philadelphia at this year’s Risk and Insurance Management Society meeting: price, business interruption and cyber risk.
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By Bryant Rousseau, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 20, 2012
PC360 visits the insurance-research labs at a trio of major carriers: Chubb, FM Global and Liberty Mutual. While on site, we witnessed explosions, earthquakes, flammable-liquid fires, treacherous test tracks and the awesome force of hurricane winds.
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By Bryant Rousseau, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 20, 2012
When people think of the work done at insurance companies, they probably picture actuaries and underwriters sitting at desks and crunching numbers.
But at some insurers, research labs, staffed by highly trained scientists and engineers, play a vital if rarely seen role in discovering ways to reduce losses caused by...
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By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360.com, Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 19, 2012
UPDATED! PC360 decided to take a look at the oldest insurers in the United States—a journey that has led to some interesting findings about the birth of insurance in this country.
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By Shawn Moynihan, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 5, 2012
Emerging markets such as Brazil, China and India present great opportunity for insurers looking to expand their top-line growth, if not profitable growth.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 27, 2012
According to data compiled by SNL Financial LC, Johnston, R.I.-based mutual property insurer FM Global reported a net loss of $32 million for 2011 compared to net income of more than $767 million for the prior year.
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By Caroline McDonald, PropertyCasualty360.com |
February 2, 2012
Corporate risk managers discuss how doing business overseas provides a constantly shifting playing field.
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By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com |
December 5, 2011
After the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, major companies are beginning to examine risk-management strategies for their supply chains in China, as that country is exposed to many of the same natural-catastrophe risks as Japan and is a larger supply-chain hub for many companies, according to a new...
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