American International Group announced that with government monitors' approval it is reconfiguring its board with the nomination of six new members to give it a majority of new independent directors.
When Chris Spring took over as senior vice president of business operations/CIO at Meadowbrook Insurance Group five years ago, he drew upon his 30-plus years of experience to help the company align it
The fall of insurance industry giants in 2008 and the unraveling of the banking and credit markets provide our industry with an opportunity to learn some valuable lessons, according to executives of specialty lines insurance firms.
While the resilient excess and surplus lines sector is anything but immune to the financial turmoil crippling the economy, opportunities for growth remain for this resourceful market sector,
Glancing in a rearview mirror to look back on the events of 2008, and gazing into their crystal balls to forecast what's ahead, the consensus was that the top story that will impact the E&S/specialty
The fall of insurance industry giants in 2008 and the unraveling of the banking and credit markets provide our industry with an opportunity to learn some valuable lessons, according to executives of
o Peter Eastwood, president and chief executive officer of Lexington Insurance in Boston, said: "One does not need a crystal ball to foresee a diminishing demand for property insurance and liability
While this year marks the "Year of the Ox" on the Chinese calendar, participants in the E&S/specialty insurance segment are ushering in 2009 as the "Year of the Underwriter," according to the head of
Kristen Netschke has joined the Meadowbrook Insurance Group Inc.'s Southfield, Mich., branch office as corporate counsel. Netschke assists in the supervision of regulatory, corporate and litigation matters. Most recently, she worked as an
Although the red-hot agency acquisitions market has slowed because of shriveling capital and a dwindling pool of candidates, smart buyers and sellers can still work a profitable deal if it's a