Towers Watson

• RIMS Highlights

  By Bryant Rousseau, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 20, 2012

  From the perspective of a magazine editor, the Risk and Insurance Management Society’s annual meeting is the gift that keeps on giving.

• Got Solvency? Work on NAIC's ORSA Model Act Underway

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  March 8, 2012

  The NAIC expects to craft a model law on the NAIC’s version of the Own Risk and Solvency Assessment by the August summer meeting.

• Oscar Huerta Named President of Liberty Seguros Chile

  By Staff Writer  |  February 16, 2012

  Liberty Mutual Insurance says it promoted Oscar Huerta to president of Liberty Compañía de Seguros Generales S.A. in Chile, with oversight of all aspects of the insurer's operations in this emerging market.

• Commercial Carriers Look to Jump on Predictive Modeling Bandwagon

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  February 7, 2012

  According to a Towers Watson survey, commercial lines carriers are looking to tighten the gap between them and their personal lines peers when it comes to the use of predictive modeling.

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  Overall Captive Growth Strong in 2011

  By Caroline McDonald, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  January 30, 2012

  Regulatory and other concerns did not dampen captive formation in 2011, with small captives, cell captives and group-health captives taking the lead, according to experts.

• 2010 Tort Costs Up, Driven by Deepwater Horizon

  By Staff Writer  |  January 27, 2012

  U.S. tort costs climbed by 5.1 percent in 2010, driven by the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon drilling platform explosion and oil spill, according to a new Towers Watson study.

• Goodbye, Soft Market

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  January 6, 2012

  The soft-market cycle has come to an end, at least according to Dallas-based insurance exchange MarketScout—which declared so in its November Market Barometer.

• Towers Watson CLIPS Survey: Commercial Prices Up but Not Up Enough

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  December 13, 2011

  For the second straight quarter, all standard commercial lines showed an increase in pricing, but it isn’t enough to keep up with loss costs.

• Technology Takes Center Stage for Auto Insurers: Towers Watson Survey

  By Staff Writer  |  December 2, 2011

  The growing pressure on auto insurers to support improved driver safety and to bring claims inflation and prices under control will make technology increasingly central to competitiveness, according to global professional services company Towers Watson.

• New Product Lines and Policy Enhancements with Markel Corp., Seneca and Hiscox- Around the Industry

  By Staff Writer  |  December 1, 2011

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