Markel Int'l Insurance Co. Upgraded By BestNU Online News Service, July 2, 11:18 a.m. EDT?A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating of U.K.-based ...
Despite Rising Premiums, Insurers Still Bleeding SurplusWith a 104.9 combined ratio in the books through nine months, the property-casualty insurance industry is on track to ...
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 ...
Will Lloyds Reforms Damage Its Spirit?London EditorLondon As Lloyds of London continues its program to reform and modernize the marketplace, there are those critics who ...
Few Underachievers Disturb First Qtr. Party AtmosphereWhile most property-casualty insurers were invited to the first-quarter party celebrating higher earnings, lower combined ratios and double-digit premium ...
AFLAC selected Exstream Softwares Dialogue to handle 80 percent of the companys 208+ million documents worldwide.Markel Corporation and Horace Mann Insurance Company both signed contracts ...
Insurers Endure 'Kitchen Sink' QuarterThe fourth quarter of 2002 was one that analysts refer to as a "kitchen sink," because of various extraordinary charges that ...
NU Compiles 9/11 LossesAccording to our classifications, companies classified as primary companies accounted for roughly 31 percent of the total losses, while those classified as ...
Capacity For Binding Authorities Drying UpLondon EditorLondon "The full delegation of underwriting authority to a broker or agent is the fastest way to insolvency."Anthony F. ...