Some standard markets that jumped into the excess and surplus business in recent years have already gotten out, an executive of a large E&S carrier said recently, going on to predict that the

Insurers writing the bulk of their business in specialty lines saw declines across the board in the first quarter of 2008, with income and premiums dropping, while combined ratios ticked up for most

Three program administrators expressed their concerns about revolving door personnel during a panel discussion at the Target Markets Program Administrators Association midyear meeting in April, after

First, program administrators responded to an on-site poll during the midyear meeting of the Target Markets Program Administrators Association about their strategies for dealing with the soft market

Mr. Berkley--responding to questions during a recent media briefing about his leadership of a 17-member coalition seeking changes in taxes for offshore entities--said it would not surprise him if the

"At the end of the day, that's really the key--having knowledgeable, flexible, experienced staff" who know how to shift gears and respond to changing conditions, said Euclid Black, president of

Elizabeth Mitchell, president, Platinum Underwriters Reinsurance in New York, who is also a fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society, made the observation during the opening session of the CAS Seminar

BOSTON--While there are differences between the current soft market and previous periods of rate declines, some destructive insurer behavior never seems to change, a group of reinsurance actuaries sugg