Monthly Archives: <span>January 2011</span>

Pennsylvania Insurance Fraud Fighters Say Media Campaign Helping

An advertising and public relations campaign by the Pennsylvania agency that coordinates insurance fraud prevention activities is increasing the public’s understanding of various kinds of fraud, according to a new study by the group. The Pennsylvania Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority …

Massachusetts Allows for Terrorism Exclusion in Commercial Insurance

Commercial property insurers in Massachusetts will be allowed to exclude terrorism coverage from commercial fire insurance policies under a new law signed by Gov. Deval Patrick. The law modifies the standard fire insurance policy to allow insurers to exclude coverage …

Peerless Promotes Rooney, Canales

Peerless Insurance has appointed Robert M. Rooney Jr. to regional vice president, New Hampshire-Vermont region. Rooney will oversee growth of commercial lines business and maintaining strong agency relations in New Hampshire and Vermont. Based in the company’s home office in …

Chubb Reports Q4, 2010 Results; Expects Australia Flood Losses

The Chubb Corp. reported that net income in the fourth quarter of 2010 was $620 million, compared to $695 million in the fourth quarter of 2009. For the year ended Dec. 31, 2010, net income was $2.2 billion, the same …

8 Floridians Get Rewards for Reporting Insurance Fraud

Eight Floridians who provided information that led to arrests and convictions in five major insurance fraud cases have been given rewards totaling $50,500. These citizens helped uncover more than $2 million in fraudulent insurance billings leading to 26 arrests to …

Insurance Council of Australia Takes New Initiatives in Wake of Floods

The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has reacted quickly to the disastrous flooding in the State of Queensland earlier this month with two new initiatives aimed at “developing a more effective and sustainable response to disasters in Australia.” On Thursday …

Pulsar Re Files Suit against Lehman to Recover $450 million

Lehman Brothers Holdings has been sued by a reinsurer that wants control of $450 million it said it pledged to secure various obligations, and which should not be given to Lehman creditors. Pulsar Re, a Bermuda-based reinsurer and an investment …

S&P Japan Ratings Downgrade Hits Insurers

Yesterday Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it had lowered its sovereign rating on Japan to ‘AA-‘ from ‘AA’. The rating agency followed up that action by announcing that it has also lowered its financial strength ratings and long-term …

PartnerRe Provides January 2011 Non-Life Renewal Data

Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. announced that during the January 1, 2011 treaty renewal season it “expects to write and bind approximately $1.8 billion of Non-Life treaty premium. On a constant foreign exchange basis, this represents a decline of 16 percent from …

XL Insurance Names Báez-Safa Chief U/W Officer, Professional Lines Commercial Risk

XL Insurance, the global insurance operations of the XL Group, announced the appointment of Cristiana Báez-Safa as Chief Underwriting Officer Professional Lines for its Commercial Risk business outside of North America. She is based in Paris and reports to William …