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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
October 6, 2011
The never-ending search for a silver bullet that will generate growth and put more money into company coffers during a soft market has led some specialty carriers to rethink the entire wholesale-distribution system.
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
August 12, 2011
There’s a silver lining in every cloud, and for specialty insurers there’s opportunity present in every emerging risk, two carrier executives say. Navigators’ Stanley Galanski and Aspen’s Mario Vitale see product opportunities in responding to emerging life sciences, environmental and supply-chain risks.
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By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 7, 2011
In a soft market, excess and surplus-lines executives have managed to identify some growth areas and have found the time ripe for technology investments and recruiting talent. But survival demands innovation.
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
July 5, 2010
Although reinsurers cut prices for June 1 renewals, one Bermuda-based executive speculated that price hikes in the insurance loss warranty market--fueled by the Deepwater Horizon disaster--could eventually spread to the reinsurance market.
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By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com |
June 28, 2010
Retail brokers may start seeking larger cuts of the commissions paid out on surplus lines transactions as the soft market continues, a specialty lines insurance executive suggested recently.
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By Daniel Hays |
January 4, 2010
Disappointing returns on equity in the coming year may lead the property and casualty insurance industry to a quicker return to stiffer pricing, according to Keefe, Bruyette & Woods analysts.
