The sinking of the Deepwater Horizon drill rig in the Gulf of Mexico will create a $52.8 million (EUR40 million) loss for German reinsurer Hannover Re, the firm said last week.
Property and casualty insurance rates won't begin to significantly firm up before 2011, according to the most recent industry forecast from Conning Research & Consulting...
A New York independent agent's association said last week that it plans to make good on a prior threat to file a lawsuit to block Empire State regulators from implementing new producer disclosure compensation rules.
The initial magnitude 7.0 earthquake that caused catastrophic death and destruction in Haiti on Jan. 12 was virtually uninsured, although the insurance industry quickly rallied last week to help raise relief funds for the devastated nation.
News about AIG broke fast and furiously last week, with questions raised about its reserve adequacy, deals closed to reduce its government debt, and an announcement that it had buried the hatchet with former CEO Maurice Greenberg.
The UK Financial Services Authority announced last week that a tribunal upheld its decision prohibiting the former chief executive at a General Reinsurance Group unit from working in financial services.
N.Y.'s Serio: Insurers Can't Walk On TerrorBy Daniel Hays and Mark E. RuquetNU Online News Service, Jan. 8, 12:57 p.m. EST?New York's insurance superintendent has ...
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