National Underwriter Property & Casualty-March-08, 2010

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  • Producers Hail NARAB Passage By House

    Mark E. Ruquet

    In a bid to make it easier for producers to do business across state lines, the U.S. House of Representatives last week passed the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act on a voice vote.

  • Captives Can Be Useful Even In Soft Market

    Rick Stasi

    Whether an employer, association, municipality or union trust, today's uncertain economy has left plan sponsors scrambling to find ways to manage workers' compensation claims.

  • Max Capital, Harbor Point Agree To Merge

    Susanne Sclafane

    Two Bermuda-based companies, Max Capital Group and Harbor Point Ltd., agreed to merge last week, creating a global insurance and reinsurance enterprise with total capital of $3 billion.

  • More Capital Washes Up In Bermuda

    Susanne Sclafane

    More than $17 billion of capital washed up on the Bermuda shores in 2009, as underwriting profits and investment recoveries for a group of insurers and reinsurers erased a $10 billion capital drop for 2008.

  • IRS Keeping Close Eye On Captive Structure

    Chaz Lavelle

    For years the Internal Revenue Service has essentially been saying that if it "walks like a duck and talks like a duck, for all intents and purposes, it is a duck"

  • Is U.S. Casualty Next For Validus?

    Susanne Sclafane

    We have a higher cost of capital because we're in a volatile class," he said, referring to the heavy weighting of the company's business in catastrophe lines.

  • Howdy, Partner!

    Staff Writer

    While insurers need to do a better job involving their producers in strategic and operational decisions, such communication must be a two-way street, with agents and brokers keeping their carrier-partners in the loop about where they stand.

  • Captives Growing, But Challenges Remain

    Caroline McDonald

    While confidence appears to be returning to the captive sector, spurring growth in domiciles across the board, there are regulatory issues making 2010 a year to watch.

  • Senate Delay Leaves Flood Policyholders High And Dry

    Arthur D. Postal

    Insurance industry officials pressed Congress for longer-term action on reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program after a delay in the U.S. Senate allowed the plan to expire.

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