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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 10, 2012
One of the largest writers of homeowners insurance in Florida reports a 29 percent drop in first-quarter earnings.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 1, 2012
Independent agents seeking new property and casualty markets are leaving money on the table if they don’t aim to attract America’s growing minority populations, says the head of an agent’s diversity task force.
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By David E. Lieb, Associated Press |
February 28, 2012
A state-created insurance company has built a competitive advantage by enjoying a best-of-both-worlds scenario — avoiding federal income taxes by claiming to be a public corporation yet generally operating as a private entity and shelling out big bucks for executive perks, according to a report Monday by the Missouri auditor.
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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
February 24, 2012
Throughout the country surplus-lines carriers are being affected by newly enacted and proposed legislation, but a measure being mulled in Florida is looking at these unregulated high-risk writers to help save the state’s residential market.
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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
February 23, 2012
Desperate to shrink its dangerously overexposed state-run insurer, Florida is floating legislation to allow eligible surplus-lines insurers to take policies from Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state’s ostensible last-resort insurer.
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By Caroline McDonald, PropertyCasualty360.com, Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
January 17, 2012
While the Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on risk-retention groups (RRGs) recommends that Congress pass legislation clarifying certain provisions of the Liability Risk Retention Act (LRRA), it doesn’t go far enough, according to an industry expert.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
January 12, 2012
The Government Accountability Office has recommended that Congress pass legislation clarifying certain provisions of the Liability Risk Retention Act, including registration requirements, fees and coverage.
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By Market Directory |
January 1, 2012
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By Industry IQ |
December 1, 2011
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By Caitlin Fairchild |
November 12, 2011
About half of all states allow agricultural employers to provide little or no workers’ compensation coverage for migrant and seasonal farmworkers.
