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M&A activity has been unjustifiably slow, V.J. Dowling, managing partner at Dowling & Partners Securities LLC, noted here during the recent Standard and Poor's "Insurance 2008 Conference: Operating

By anyone's standards, these are tough times for the banking industry. The subprime credit crisis and record losses in trading activities are among the issues that have taken a heavy toll on recent

AllRisks Ltd., announced that a new in-house facility is available for middle market property insurance risks nationwide, excluding AK, HI, KY and IL. Property and ancillary inland marine can be written through the new facility with general

NEW YORK--Conditions are right for an increase in merger and acquisition activity, but the state-based system of regulation is helping to impede the number of deals taking place, according to an expert

Elizabeth Mitchell, president, Platinum Underwriters Reinsurance in New York, who is also a fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society, made the observation during the opening session of the CAS Seminar

Spencer Educational Foundation has contracted P. Richard Hackenburg to serve as its director of development to raise funds for scholarships and grant programs that support aspiring students of risk ma

Spencer Educational Foundation has contracted P. Richard Hackenburg to serve as its director of development to raise funds for scholarships and grant programs that support aspiring students of risk ma

With no end in sight to the soft market, the question that agency leaders must ask themselves is: "Are we going to play offense or defense?" The answer is going to depend on the agency's situation,