Soft Market Far From Over
Phil Gusman
A pair of surveys about the commercial lines insurance market in the 2010 third quarter revealed that competition remains fierce and that the soft market is still far from over.
Phil Gusman
A pair of surveys about the commercial lines insurance market in the 2010 third quarter revealed that competition remains fierce and that the soft market is still far from over.
Arthur D. Postal, Mark E. Ruquet
The leadership of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners fully expects some major turnover in its ranks in the coming months, but they've seen it before and expect to continue with their work unabated.
Susan R.A. Honeyman
An economy showing mixed signs of recovery would hardly seem the optimum time to launch a business.
Caroline McDonald
"More of the same" and "not very exciting" are phrases that industry experts are using to describe the outlook for Jan. 1 reinsurance renewals.
Staff Writer
It isn't easy being a risk manager in the middle of one of the worst economic downturns since The Great Depression, particularly if you are trying to control workers' compensation costs.
Phil Gusman
Although economists generally do not expect sharp increases in inflation, insurers should develop plans to consider how they will respond if inflation surges.
Chad Hemenway
Homeowners in four states are eligible to get relief from a contaminated drywall dilemma that has allegedly caused them to get sick and caused damage to the homes' infrastructures.
Chad Hemenway
Modeler EQECAT said Typhoon Megi is expected to cause $500 million to $1 billion in economic damages in China after having causing extensive damage and 27 deaths earlier in the week in the Philippines.
Arthur D. Postal
The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America and the American Insurance Association are voicing concern to the Treasury Department about its plan for making payments to and getting funds from insurers following a terrorism incident.
Caroline McDonald
Theft of information and electronic data at global companies has overtaken physical theft for the first time, but most losses are smaller, spanning months and even years, according to an annual fraud survey.
Mark E. Ruquet
Saying there is a void in the insurance brokerage system, an industry veteran has opened a brokerage firm he says is aimed at filling what customers crave--service.
Daniel Schwarcz
A recent op-ed by Robert Hartwig, president of the Insurance Information Institute, misconstrues my research and recent testimony I gave at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Consumer Liaison meeting in Seattle in August.
Susanne Sclafane
A lot of folks have been asking me about NU's longtime editor-in-chief, Sam Friedman. Did he really give up journalism? What exactly is he doing at Deloitte Research?
Arthur D. Postal, Mark E. Ruquet
The NAIC approved regulations for implementing medical loss ratio provisions of the new health care reform law and vowed to continue to work to resolve concerns agents and brokers have regarding the rules impacting their compensation.