January 28, 2011
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 …
January 28, 2011
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 …
January 28, 2011
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 …
January 28, 2011
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 …
January 28, 2011
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 …
January 28, 2011
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 …
January 28, 2011
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 …
January 28, 2011
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 …
January 28, 2011
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 …
January 28, 2011
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 …