Stanley Galanski

• New Risks Mean New Opportunities For Specialty Insurers, Execs Say

  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.

• Oil Spill-Driven ILW Price Hikes Could Spread To Re Market, Exec Warns

  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.

• Are Wholesaler Commissions At Risk In Ongoing Soft Market?

  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.