Under the terms of a definitive merger agreement, security holders of Darwin will receive $32 per share in exchange for 100 percent of their interests in Darwin Professional Underwriters Inc., a

The risk that a claim won't be paid--a potential downside that every buyer of insurance faces--was an uninsured exposure until recently, according to the developers of a new policy to provide coverage

Questionable practices also may be driving coverage

With directors and officers liability claims rising high into layered towers of coverage, and excess insurers increasingly finding their interests at odds with primary carriers, is quota-share D&O an

Scott Carmilani, chairman and chief executive officer of Allied World Assurance Corp., said during a conference call today that after the deal closes the combined businesses will write $1.8 billion. I

A veteran of the program business market, teaching a workshop on advanced concepts of successful program management, gave a unique perspective on how to develop an underwriting plan during the Target

While courts are ruling in favor of excess carriers on the seemingly uncontroversial question, excess insurers say settlement deals worked out between primary carriers and policyholders without their

The risk that a claim won't be paid--a potential downside that every buyer of insurance faces--was an uninsured exposure until recently, according to the developers of a new policy to provide coverage