AIA Offers Intriguing IdeasIn Federal Chartering Plan The American Insurance Association has significantly advanced the debate over insurance regulatory reform with its proposal for ...
Rating Software Faces Moving TargetsWhile the property-casualty commercial insurance industry relies on operational efficiencies and competitive advantages offered through software automation, the continual challenge of ...
Marketing and management information provider Insurance Marketing and Management Services has teamed up with ConfirmNet, offering 24/7 access to certificates of insurance to IMMS members ...
Jury Awards Skyrocket in 2005 Class action cases have continued to account for huge dollar settlements and judgments this year, with class actions totaling $100 ...
Plaintiffs Law Firms Positioned In Latin America, Japan Several of the worlds largest law firms have established new branches in major Latin American cities, ...
Equitas Boosts AsbestosReserves By 27 Percent London Editor During the past year, Equitas strengthened undiscounted asbestos reserves, gross of reinsurance, by 1.7 billion ($2.4 ...
Holistic Strategies Seen In P-C Investing Traditional investment styles are being replaced with more "holistic" strategies and an overcapitalized market has added to insurers pressures ...
Top 20 Groups Intact, But Positions Shift If you had taken a picture of the National Underwriter ranking of the top 20 property-casualty insurance groups ...
Insurer Corporate Bond Holdings RisingIn the last five years, the general property-casualty insurer investment trends have moved toward non-treasury issues, said Thomas McDonald, managing director ...
Looking for Reasonable CommercialP-C Returns? Dream OnIn decades past, commercial property-casualty insurers greeted the hardening of the market with relief, confident that the return of ...