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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 21, 2012
Swiss Re is joining a $3 billion commitment between government and the private sector to increase investment in Africa with the aim of creating new business opportunities in agriculture.
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By Emil Metropoulos |
May 21, 2012
Over the past year the major ratings agencies have expressed concern over challenges the Workers’ Compensation line has faced during the recession, as well as the continued pressures it faces in achieving long-term profitability. In its January briefing, Standard & Poor’s went so far as to describe Workers’ Comp profitability...
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By Laura Mazzuca Toops |
April 25, 2012
The medical loss ratio question is far from settled, as SCOTUS weighs the healthcare law’s constitutionality, and Congress debates two MLR reform bills.
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By Melissa Hillebrand, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 25, 2012
The Federal Crop Insurance Program began nearly 75 years ago. Now a public/private partnership, agents write more than 1 million crop insurance policies. As Congress looks at a 2012 farm bill, learn what agents need to know about this “growing” industry.
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By Staff Writer |
April 9, 2012
The Treasury announced on April 6 that the chief executives of AIG, Ally Financial and General Motors would have their compensation packages frozen for a second year in a row, essentially keeping their compensation at 2011 levels.
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By Bryant Rousseau, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 5, 2012
Each newspaper in the country in the last week or so has issued its annual early-spring prediction of where Major League Baseball teams are going to finish this year in their respective divisions (disappointing to see a lot of fourth-place picks for the Red Sox—I’m seeing a World Series win).
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By Allison Bell |
March 28, 2012
Some Supreme Court justices generally regarded as being likely to reject the healthcare-reform law's individual mandate provision were expressing uncertainty today about when and why they should strike down an entire law because they have struck down part of the law.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 27, 2012
The debate over healthcare reform is finally being heard before the Supreme Court this week in what some courtroom analysts are calling a marathon three-day session of oral arguments.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 26, 2012
To the people who cover Washington, we call it chronicling situational immorality. Not since Bush v. Gore have we seen madness that could compare to this week’s Supreme Court debate over the constitutionality of the healthcare reform law.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 19, 2012
Insurance companies and agents joined together Thursday in asking Congress “to do no harm” to the existing crop-insurance-subsidy program, citing concerns with Obama-administration proposals that call for further cuts.
