Phil Gusman

• Greenberg’s Starr International Sues U.S. Over AIG Bailout

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  December 1, 2011

  Starr International Co., run by former American International Group Inc. CEO Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, has filed a lawsuit against the United States, claiming the government violated the Constitution when it took majority ownership of AIG without compensating the company’s shareholders.

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  ACE’s Greenberg, Fitch Ratings See Rates Improving

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  October 27, 2011

  ACE Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Evan Greenberg says September was the best month for pricing this year, and a statement by Fitch says it is seeing “positive” rate increases, but as Greenberg says, whether the trend continues “remains to be seen.”

• Loss Estimates Roll In For Deadly Spring Storms, Tornadoes

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  June 3, 2011

  On May 22, a devastating tornado ripped through Joplin, Mo., putting an exclamation point on a spring that has seen deadly and costly storms in several states.

• Commercial Market To Take Biggest Hit From Japan Quake

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 25, 2011

  As a pair of global reinsurers issued loss estimates in the billions for the March 11 Japan earthquake and tsunami, a Moody’s report indicates that commercial property and casualty insurers could take the biggest hit both in losses and credit worthiness from the event.

• Covering The Quake

  By Bryant Rousseau  |  March 18, 2011

  As someone who lived in Japan for two years—and who experienced the Kobe earthquake firsthand—the devastating disaster that struck the country hit me hard from a personal standpoint.

• Health Care Law Could Have Positive, Negative Workers' Compensation Consequences

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  December 16, 2010

  Health care reform legislation is expected to have some impact on workers' compensation costs, but those impacts should be gradual and reflected in normal ratemaking processes, Swiss Re said in a recent report.

• P&C Industry Sheds Jobs Amid Expense Pressures

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  December 1, 2010

  Employment in the property and casualty insurance industry declined in September 2010, casting doubt on hopes that industry employment trends were turning around.

• Hello, I Must Be Going!

  By Staff Writer  |  October 11, 2010

  I'm not a fan of reporters who bury the lead, so here goes: After 29 years at National Underwriter, I'm switching careers to study this industry in more depth as insurance leader at Deloitte Research.

• Hello, I Must Be Going!

  By Staff Writer  |  October 6, 2010

  I’m not a fan of reporters who bury the lead, so here goes: After 29 years at National Underwriter, I’m switching careers to study this ...

• Reg Uncertainty Leaves Insurers Hanging

  By Caroline McDonald, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  October 4, 2010

  The lack of certainty in regulation is one of the biggest challenges facing the global insurance and reinsurance industries, Lloyd's Chief Executive Richard Ward warned here.