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By Caterina Pontoriero, PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 18, 2012
Aon Hewitt recently released the 2012 People Risk Index, ranking 131 cities worldwide based on the risk that organizations within the cities face with recruitment, employment and relocation.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 17, 2012
Just in case this weekend’s NATO summit in Chicago leads to violence and rioting, as has happened in other cities hosting world leaders, at least one insurer is reminding risk managers to prepare for the worst and hope for the best.
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By Arthur D. Postal PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 14, 2012
The medical-liability insurance industry has recently seen positive results and is working to minimize the “peaks and valleys” that it has historically seen, according to Brian K. Atchinson, the new president and chief executive officer of the Physician Insurers Association of America (PIAA).
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 10, 2012
The catastrophes of 2011 were notable for their frequency and severity, and insureds should take away lessons from the year regarding what to look for in insurance policies to maximize coverage for future events, insurance broker Marsh says.
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By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360.com, Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 8, 2012
Prompted by a lobbying group that supports efforts to reduce global warming, three insurance companies and the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers have publicly renounced their support for the Heartland Institute, a libertarian research group.
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By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 3, 2012
Soft market insurance conditions persist in the airline insurance marketplace, but risk appetite and exposures are fluctuating masked by regional and corporate differences, says Aon Risk Solutions.
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By Reuters |
April 30, 2012
Hotels, energy and financial services conglomerate Loews Corp posted quarterly results ahead of analysts' expectations, helped by an increase in its investment income and lower catastrophe losses at CNA Financial Corp., its biggest holding.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 30, 2012
At a time when technology has eroded the security agents and brokers have known in their traditional business model, membership in the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America remains a valuable beacon for future opportunity, says the association’s chairman.
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By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 26, 2012
With the current investment environment working against workers’ compensation insurers, companies may be pressured into a harder market as they try to achieve underwriting profits in a line that has not had a combined ratio under 100 since 2006, a new report says.
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By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 25, 2012
The world has become statistically less stable with civil unrest downgraded in 37 countries, including France, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain, in light of European austerity measures and spending cuts.
