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By Bryant Rousseau, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 8, 2012
I spent half a day last week meeting with executives from various divisions of Verisk Analytics, parent company of such well-known industry brands as ISO and AIR Worldwide (Verisk has so many P&C-focused business units under its umbrella that I would have needed half a month to meet with leaders...
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By Mark E. Ruquet |
February 9, 2012
Arthur J. Gallagher (AJG) kicked off the fourth-quarter earnings report season for insurance brokers by saying that its net profit dropped 18 percent, primarily due to increased expenses. But the Itasca, Ill.-based insurance-brokerage firm says earnings are on the rise.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
February 3, 2012
Chicago-based insurance broker Aon Corp. says 2011 fourth-quarter net income increased 20 percent as pricing in the insurance marketplace showed signs of stabilization.
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By Caroline McDonald, PropertyCasualty360.com |
September 22, 2011
Global natural catastrophes have made 2011 the highest loss year on record after just the first six months—creating opportunities for risk managers to review coverage and issues such as supply-chain disruption, according to an industry expert.
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 18, 2011
With chatter about the next market turn heating up, it’s a good time to explore the impact on program business to see if there could be a replay of the gut-wrenching turmoil that left some program administrators (PA) out in the cold during the last soft-to-hard transition.
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 15, 2011
With chatter about the next market turn heating up, experienced niche-market participants don’t anticipate a replay of the gut-wrenching turmoil that left some program administrators out in the cold during the last turn. But that doesn’t mean program books won’t need to be mended or that some carrier retrenchment from...
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By Robert Regis Hyle, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 14, 2011
Buckeye Insurance Group is a small company with some big technology plans.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 7, 2011
Analysts say a combination of factors is conspiring to make rate increases for both commercial and personal lines inevitable, possibly by the beginning of next year.
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By Robert Regis Hyle, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 16, 2011
Buckeye Insurance Group is a small company with some big technology plans. As an insurer, Buckeye writes $60 million in premium in eight states, mostly in the Midwest. But Buckeye is more than an insurer. The group’s latest addition is an IT services company, Marias Technology, which will offer its...
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 11, 2011
RenaissanceRe CEO Neill Currie explains why his company decided to sell its U.S. insurance businesses late last year
