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In all my years of underwriting contingency and event cancellation business I have never experienced such a diverse range of potential loss circumstances as we faced during 2010.
When Louis Levinson of Argo Group described a recent restructuring of the company's U.S. E&S units to NU late last year, he began with a simple comparison of two organizational charts.
While market conditions, the weak economy and catastrophic events were among the most frequent topics NU reporters wrote about last year, the article that clearly stood out for our readers in 2010 dealt with insurance agency service issues.
The Department of Health and Human Services is being criticized for allegedly interfering with National Association of Insurance Commissioners' deliberations on
The 2011 merger and acquisition spree continued with the recent announcements of six agencies acquired by four major insurance brokerage firms, with Marsh & McLennan Agencies scoring the largest of the lot.
If the end of 2010 and beginning of 2011 is any sign of things to come from a mergers and acquisitions perspective, then this year could be a very active season for brokerages.
Two groups of forecasters are predicting another busy hurricane season this year after coming off nearly spot-on predictions for a very active 2010 season.
Liberty Mutual reached an agreement with two state attorneys general to pay a total of $7.5 million to settle allegations it engaged in a bid-rigging and kickback scheme with insurance brokers.
Regulatory initiatives dealing with implementation of the financial services reform law, and such old business as providing certainty to the NFIP will keep p&c insurance industry lobbyists extremely busy this year.
Three major themes of the challenges facing property and casualty insurance agents in 2011 come under the headings of managing finances, technology and political mandates.
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Download ResourceFrom Vortex Weather Insurance
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