property/casualty insurance

• House Moves Again on Limited McCarran-Ferguson Repeal, Passing Bill

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 22, 2012

  The House took action again today on repealing the McCarran-Ferguson antitrust exemption for health insurers by passing the larger bill to which the repeal amendment was attached.

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  Specialty Lines Can Lead Growth in P&C

  By Chirag Pancholi, Melissa Loew  |  March 15, 2012

  The insurance industry has not grown in the last few years. According to figures supplied by the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America and others, the p&c space has had nearly zero to slightly negative premium growth in recent years. While there has been growth in other...

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  FIO Hears Industry Arguments For and Against State-Based Regulation

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  December 21, 2011

  Comments provided to the Federal Insurance Office on how insurance should be regulated in the future ranged from strong support of the current state-regulatory system to calls for the federal government to play a lead role “if uniformity and consistency of regulation is to be achieved.”

• R&O Insurance Societies and Associations: Plenty on the Plate

  By Laura Mazzuca Toops, AA&B editor  |  December 1, 2011

  With a host of state and federal legislative issues up for grabs (NFIP, NARAB II, health care reform and more), insurance trade associations are busier than ever representing the needs of their members to legislators. Find out about what the industry’s top associations have in store for 2012 and beyond.

• Travelers: IndustryEdge is 'On-tap' for Craft Breweries

  By Melissa Stewart  |  November 15, 2011

  Travelers Companies Inc. has introduced a specialized insurance offering with IndustryEdge for Craft Breweries.

• Making It Easy

  By Robert Regis Hyle, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  November 10, 2011

  Regional players top national carriers in survey of agents.

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  TMPAA Study Shows Program Business Booming, Defying P-C Market Woes

  By Laura Mazzuca Toops, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  November 2, 2011

  In defiance of current property-casualty market woes, the growth and potential in the program business niche make it a "growing and vibrant" field.

• W.R. Berkley Estimates Up to $60M in Cat Losses

  October 10, 2011

  Insurance holding company W. R. Berkley Corp. said today that its fiscal third-quarter results will include an estimated $50 million to $60 million in catastrophe losses.

• Usage-Based Insurance Next Wave for Personal Auto

  By Robert Regis Hyle, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 6, 2011

  Personal auto insurance is already the most commoditized line of property/casualty insurance and is likely to become the most exact of the lines in terms of underwriting as insurers spread the movement known as usage-based insurance.

• Fear of Flying

  By Laura Mazzuca Toops, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  June 1, 2011

  Are you afraid to travel? Just as vacation season begins, the media bombards with concerns about travel safety, with many worried that traveling in the U.S. will become more dangerous if al-Qaeda tries to retaliate for last month’s ambush and killing of Osama bin Laden.