The Branchville, N.J.-based property-casualty carrier reported net income was $37.3 million, or 62 cents per diluted share, compared with $40 million, or 64 cents per diluted share, for the first quar

Are risk managers better off without the federal government looking over their shoulders? Some might think so, buoyed by a report in the New York Times about OSHA taking an increasingly passive role o

PCS serves property-casualty insurers and reinsurers as an authoritative source of catastrophe loss information, providing estimates of anticipated industrywide insured losses arising from catastrophe

PCS said while the damage from this harsh weather outbreak cost insurers more than $450 million, a more serious impact was the loss of life associated with the severe tornado activity in areas such as

Hill Rogal & Hobbs reported the brokerage saw a slight decline in net income for the first quarter.The Glen Allen, Va.-based company reported first-quarter net ...

"Similar to trends we have seen in other brokers this quarter, organic growth decelerated to 1 percent, down from 4 percent in the fourth quarter of last year and 5 percent in the third quarter," he w

Bear Stearns analyst David Small noted that the earnings per share passed his estimate of $2.25 and the consensus of $2.13. He said the main driver of the upside was higher income from investment and

Her appearance was the latest in an ongoing drive by risk retention groups to secure federal approval for insuring additional areas of risk. The RRGS have been limited to providing liability insurance