The New York-based firm said IPC Re's "chosen narrow business focus" puts constraints on its strategic flexibility and makes it "more vulnerable to external factors that are beyond its control than ar

Property-casualty insurers had an underwriting gain of $31.2 billion, contributing to a bottom-line net income result of $63.7 billion, a 44 percent increase over $44.2 billion in 2005, Insurance Serv

"It is very, very difficult to be a monoline property-cat company in the current environment. It's a difficult business model to make work given the completely revolutionized capital requirements

Recent deal, predestined before rating actions, puts reinsurer back in

The total value of settled cases in 2006--excluding settlements totaling $7.1 billion relating to the Enron collapse--grew to $10.6 billion, more than 300 percent above the 2005 level of $3.5 billion,

Not every financial meltdown fuels a securities class-action litigation crisis, say two directors and officers liability insurance experts who don't foresee major D&O market impacts from the

Class actions plummet, but emerging trends put claims experts under

Directors and officers insurance claims experts--who should be resting comfortably on news of plummeting securities class actions--are instead feeling increased pressure, squeezed by a dizzying array of