E&S/Specialty

The first-half results for P&C insurers are in and the results are not very pretty, as the industry reported more than a 71 percent drop in net income.

Property and casualty insurance and reinsurance provider Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd said initial estimates of its third-quarter catastrophe losses totaled $57 million from various natural disasters during the quarter.

Property and casualty insurance and reinsurance provider Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd said initial estimates of its third-quarter catastrophe losses totaled $57 million from various natural disasters during the quarter.

The property and casualty sector should see some premium growth in the third quarter, and rate cutting seems to have slowed or even stopped, according to a Keefe, Bruyette & Woods analysis, but the report says that with the weak economy, we continue to have a dim view on growth...

Andy Ray, an underwriter for Midlands Management Corp., is accustomed to being flexible when it comes to serving clientsflexible in the most literal sense. Hes worked on policies insuring commercial vehicles that have had their drive shafts transferred from the vehicles left to right side for Indias...

When the Sun Belt states white-hot construction market evaporated, Horizon E&S Insurance Brokeragewhich counted this sector among its business stapleslooked to diversify its client base and lines. Cyberspace recently emerged as a lucrative new frontier for the California-based managing general agen