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By Caterina Pontoriero, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 19, 2012
The first three months of the calendar year are generally a very quiet time for tornado outbreaks. So far, 2012 has been an exception: there have been 272 confirmed tornadoes this year, according to Standard & Poor's.
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By Eric Gilkey, PropertyCasualty360.com |
August 8, 2011
Each year, the National Equipment Register and the National Insurance Crime Bureau track heavy equipment theft reports and compile a list of the most commonly stolen pieces of machinery. Here are the top 10.
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
June 3, 2011
From a seller’s perspective, the transportation insurance market is “not getting worse,” according to a just-published survey from NIP Group, which even reveals more rate hikes than declines for certain select segments like charter buses and courier services.
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By Susanne Sclafane and Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com |
June 3, 2011
While the insurance market for transportation risks is still soft, those in the industry are saying it has begun to stabilize and the tide of new entrants flooding into the market is beginning to slow, according to NIP Group’s first-quarter Transportation Insurance Pricing Survey.
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By Marguerite Dixen |
May 2, 2011
Hard hats and steel-toed shoes don't usually lead to thoughts of custom boutiques. Yet for many higher-exposure and hard-to-place workers’ compensation accounts, a specialty niche approach to managing risk is a natural evolution.
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By Frank Scafidi |
December 1, 2010
Desperate acts by people who normally would not think of committing insurance fraud have drawn attention to the problem, but are relatively rare compared with the everyday deliberate fraud that takes place across the country.
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By Ken Brownlee |
December 1, 2010
Global warming, regardless of the scientific disputes, is an expensive reality for all of us, even in the insurance industry.
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By Staff Writer |
March 17, 2010
The National Equipment Register (NER) announced the launch of a new Web site as part of its effort to help owners and insurers fight heavy equipment theft.
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By Donna J. Popow |
February 1, 2010
Just as you cannot build a house without a solid foundation, you cannot build a career in claims without learning the fundamentals of claim handling. Stand out from the crowd with the Associate in Claims designation.