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A pricing decline of 9 percent for umbrella/excess coverage last month was the most dramatic figure in the May MarketScout Barometer, which posted a composite decrease three points higher than the

Is there an $82 billion capital hole in the property-casualty insurance market? If so, who will fill it? Those were some of the troubling questions raised by catastrophe modeler Peter Nakada,

For the fifth consecutive year, National Underwriter is sponsoring a prestigious award program to recognize independent agencies that do an outstanding job selling insurance and related services,

Insurance industry opponents of a proposed national trust fund for asbestos exposure victims remained largely unconvinced last week that changes made by the sponsors of the measure would ease their

Unlike static factor-based models, dynamic models--such as the one Fitch will use to rate insurers and reinsurers--assess the ability of companies to withstand multiple stresses to underwriting and

The company said that while day-to-day Willis Re leadership passes directly to Mr. Hearn as CEO, Mr. Millwater will remain involved in the growth of the global re-insurance business while working on t