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By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 22, 2012
Preliminary data shows no improvement in motorcycle fatalities in 2011 despite a strengthening economy and rising gas prices, says the Governors Highway Safety Association.
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By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 14, 2012
As ERM penetrates corporate culture and risk managers become more risk-aware than risk-adverse, what are the most critical steps to implementing a customized ERM program?
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By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 8, 2012
Overcapitalization, high surplus and low-investment returns are keeping insurance rates out of balance and masking the true state of the market, according to two industry executives.
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By Reuters |
May 1, 2012
Property and casualty insurer Hanover Insurance Group Inc posted a quarterly profit above Wall Street estimates for the third time on the trot, helped by lower catastrophe losses and firming insurance rates.
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By Reuters |
April 30, 2012
Hotels, energy and financial services conglomerate Loews Corp posted quarterly results ahead of analysts' expectations, helped by an increase in its investment income and lower catastrophe losses at CNA Financial Corp., its biggest holding.
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By Ben Berkowitz, Reuters |
April 19, 2012
Property insurer Travelers Cos Inc blew past Wall Street earnings estimates for the first quarter and raised its dividend 12 percent as natural disaster losses declined and insurance rates continued to rise after years of weakness.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 12, 2012
Rates are rising, multiple studies agree—even global-property rates in non-catastrophe-exposed areas. But at least one firm, ALIRT Insurance Research, maintains the industry has not yet reached its “tipping point” for a hard-market turn.
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By Staff Writer |
March 30, 2012
After suffering through a year of elevated property losses and poor underwriting results, U.S. commercial-lines insurers are positioned to deliver improved operating results, but they face impediments toward reaching past profit marks
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By Christina Bramlet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 29, 2012
Doctors conspiring to cheat the no-fault system are writing a prescription for trouble. NY regulations now impose stiff penalties, decertification.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 27, 2012
An analysis of 2011 direct-written premiums and direct-loss ratios for property and casualty insurance makes the case for continued rate increases in the coming year, a financial analyst says.
