China Set To Open Doors To Reinsurers
S.d. Gupta
China Set To Open Doors To ReinsurersAsia CorrespondentHong Kong Entry into the Chinese reinsurance market has not been easy, given the dominance of the Beijing-based ...
S.d. Gupta
China Set To Open Doors To ReinsurersAsia CorrespondentHong Kong Entry into the Chinese reinsurance market has not been easy, given the dominance of the Beijing-based ...
Mike Angelina, Jenni Biggs
Asbestos Reserves Pose Re ChallengesThe spotlight is on asbestos litigation, given the escalation of claims and the number of large awards made to unimpaired litigants, ...
Lisa S. Howard
Aint No One Here But Us ChickensI know an insurance industry analyst whose father is a chicken farmer. He says his father has always complained ...
Jim Connolly
Insurers Seek Limits On Data DemandsProperty-casualty insurers say that a just completed survey illustrates how costly data gathering could be, and underscores the need to ...
Daniel Hays
Comp Med Cost Drivers Differ By StateOrlando, Fla. The reasons behind the surge in medical costs for workers compensation systems vary widely by state, ranging ...
Nigel Roberts
London Presses On With Market ReformsOne of the most critical issues facing the London market today is the reform of its worryingly outmoded and antiquated ...
Roger Crombie
Bermuda Start-Ups Emphasize QualityBermuda Correspondent With the new Bermuda start-up companies vowing to stay around for the long term, their game plan appears to involve ...
Caroline McDonald
News Mixed On Risk Management JobsEmployment opportunities for risk managers remain available despite the recession, as firms look to upgrade their risk management personnel and ...
Daniel Hays
Turnover Hampers Adjuster Staffing Orlando, Fla. The insurance industry has to "get smarter about retaining top talent to reduce high employee turnover among adjusters, according ...
Sean Van Zyl
Sins Of Past Ignite Canada Re ShakeupCanada CorrespondentToronto Although net written premiums from the Canadian 2002 reinsurance treaty renewals rose by 31 percent to $1.12 ...
Mark E. Ruquet
Cincinnati Financial Expands Board An insurer included on the California Public Employees Retirement System "Focus List" of companies with poor corporate governance has announced the ...
staff Writer
Is Underwriting Discipline Here For The Long Haul? At the end of every soft market, you hear insurers and reinsurers lament their mistakes in writing ...
Steven Brostoff
Change In Audit Bill Saves Insurers Millions Washington A little noticed change in the recently enacted auditor independence legislation is expected to spare publicly traded ...
Lisa S. Howard
Hard Market Realities Test Broker-Underwriter TiesInternational EditorLondon While some underwriters in the London market have at times appeared to show more loyalty to brokers than ...
Lisa S. Howard
Capital Markets Hurt Reinsurer ResultsInternational EditorLondon Weakened capital markets affected Munich Re and Swiss Res half-year results, although Munich Re reported stronger overall net income ...
Lisa S. Howard
Lloyd's Market Reforms Draw Wide Support International EditorLondon There is wide support from the Lloyds market and membership for the creation of a Lloyds franchise ...
S.d. Gupta
Asian Reinsurers Plan Regional AllianceAsia CorrespondentHong Kong Reinsurance companies need to watch over their shoulders because some of their clients in Asia might soon turn ...
Marie-louise Rossi
London Grows As A Virtual MarketplaceAsk any two people what they understand by the term "London insurance market," and you are likely to receive two ...
Daniel Hays
Language Barrier Kills Workers, OSHA Says Orlando, Fla. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is finding that workplace deaths are on the increase among ...
Linda Dakin-grimm, M. Benjamin Valerio
A Case Against Reinsurance Arbitration? Private arbitration has long been the dispute resolution forum of choice in the treaty reinsurance business. Arbitration of disputes, with ...
Sean Mooney
Cat Re 2002: A Different Hard Market?One of the few statements that can be made with certainty about the world catastrophe reinsurance market is that ...
Lisa S. Howard
Reinsurers Tighten Terms, ConditionsReinsurance EditorLondon The newfound commitment by reinsurance underwriters to firm up terms and conditions is based on the reinsurance industrys drive to ...
Lisa S. Howard
Sept. 11 Sparks Demands For ModelingReinsurance EditorLondon After Sept. 11, the insurance and reinsurance industries woke up to a riskier world and, hence, there has ...
Lisa S. Howard
Underwriting Discipline Seen As Critical To Reinsurers' RecoveryReinsurance EditorLondon "Underwriting discipline" is the mantra being chanted by global reinsurance executives, who say that such discipline ...
Steven Brostoff
NCOIL Pushes For Disaster Reserves Washington The National Conference of Insurance Legislators is asking Congress to consider legislation that would allow insurers to establish tax-deferred ...