Summit Business Media

• A Little [More] Conversation, A Little More Action

  By Christina Bramlet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 25, 2012

  This year's revamped ACE program features commentary from a wealth of industry experts and more mechanisms for learning than ever before.

• Insurers’ Exposure to Guns and Homeowners’ Associations

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 9, 2012

  The sad shooting death of Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla. is at the center of a controversy that has no end in sight, and could bring other parties into question over liability, including insurers.

• Hardening Market, Flat or Neither? Execs, Analysts Offer Varying Perspectives

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com, Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  December 15, 2011

  Insurance-company executives, a global broker and analyst firms are weighing in on whether the market is hardening—and their responses include “yes,” “maybe,” and a debate over whether the traditional hard- and soft-market cycles are even relevant anymore in the marketplace.

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  Market-Cycle Debate: KBW Says ‘Not in Any Way’ a Traditional Hard Market

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  December 12, 2011

  The pricing cycle is entering a phase that is “not in any way a traditional hard market,” according to analyst firm Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, as prices have bottomed and even risen in some cases, but capital remains plentiful.

• ALIRT: Despite Better Tools, ‘Human Nature’ Means Cycles Will Persist

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  December 9, 2011

  A day after a Chartis executive questioned whether “micro cycles” might replace traditional market turns, analyst firm ALIRT Insurance Research weighed in on the question of whether the traditional cycle might be a thing of the past.

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  Traditional Market Turns Could Give Way to ‘Micro Cycles,’ Chartis Exec Says

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  December 8, 2011

  The insurance industry, with its increased use of better tools to assess risk and allocate capital, might see shortened market cycles than it is used to, according to an executive from Chartis.

• Insurers Report More Billion-Dollar Weather Losses As Disasters Continue

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com, Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 29, 2011

  U.S. insurers continue to release information on 2011 weather-related losses, with State Farm saying it has paid policyholders $5 billion so far during the year.

• SNL Financial to Acquire Highline Data from Summit Business Media

  By Staff Writer  |  September 28, 2011

  SNL Financial LC and Summit Business Media announced SNL’s acquisition of Highline Data, Summit’s insurance information services unit bolstering SNL’s position as the leading U.S. insurance financial information provider across the property and casualty, health and life insurance sectors.

• American Family: $1B In 2011 Claims Payments

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 22, 2011

  Catastrophe losses in 2011 will reach the $1 billion mark for American Family Insurance.

• Texas Wildfire Losses Could Surpass $100M

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 7, 2011

  Early estimates are putting insured homeowner losses from the Texas wildfires at more than $100 million, setting records for the state, says a state association official.