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By Bryant Rousseau, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 5, 2012
Each newspaper in the country in the last week or so has issued its annual early-spring prediction of where Major League Baseball teams are going to finish this year in their respective divisions (disappointing to see a lot of fourth-place picks for the Red Sox—I’m seeing a World Series win).
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By John W. DeWitt |
March 12, 2012
Technology and information system innovations continue their relentless pace—putting cyber risk, data security, privacy, and related issues at the top of the 2012 concerns list for insurers, risk managers, chief information officers, and others who must grapple with the disruption and emerging risks created by each new entry to the...
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
February 17, 2012
Officials of the American Insurance Association and the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America are describing as “significant” the outcome of China-U.S. trade-related insurance talks.
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By Robert Regis Hyle, PropertyCasualty360.com |
January 31, 2012
I hope you had a great Data Privacy Day last Saturday. I understand if you want to keep details of your celebration private. Getting people to talk about data privacy and cybersecurity is difficult, particularly when someone—Uncle Sam, maybe?—asks for details about a cyber attack on your company. Things tend...
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
December 19, 2011
The National Flood Insurance Program is operating on a temporary reauthorization that expires Friday as Washington continues to play winner-take-all politics.
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By Robert Regis Hyle, PropertyCasualty360.com |
December 13, 2011
Insurance IT leaders reflect on the changes of the past year and look forward to what lies ahead in 2012.
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By Sam J. Friedman |
December 8, 2011
The surprise retirement announcement by Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., raises questions about the ultimate fate of the regulatory reform law bearing his name, including the provisions impacting insurers.
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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.
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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
November 10, 2011
The last time buffer liability insurance was in vogue, Ronald Reagan was in the White House. But now, the need for a buffer layer of excess coverage is emerging back into the structure of risk-sharing within the excess and umbrella insurance world—a sign that the market is transitioning from soft...
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
November 7, 2011
The debate should not be federal or state regulation, but rather effective regulation at both levels.
