Update: Isaac Menaces Gulf States; Forces Evacuations, Closings; Serious Flooding Feared August 27, 2012 By Kathy Finn Tropical Storm Isaac closed in on the U.S. Gulf of Mexico coast on Monday, triggering some mandatory evacuation orders and...
Orlich Joins American Safety Reinsurance Bermuda August 27, 2012 Michael Orlich has joined Bermuda-based American Safety Reinsurance Ltd. (ASRe) as a Casualty Underwriter to assist in the expansion of...
TS Isaac Drenches Haiti, Cuba; Turns West in Gulf of Mexico: AIR Analysis August 27, 2012 According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Tropical Storm Isaac made landfall about 40 miles [64 kms] east of Guantanamo,...
Powerful Typhoon Bolaven Nears Japan’s Okinawa Island August 27, 2012 By Malcolm Foster The strongest typhoon to approach Okinawa in several years was bearing down on the southern Japanese island on Sunday as...
XL Group Names Fisher to Lead Canadian Reinsurance Operations August 27, 2012 XL Group plc’s reinsurance operations in Bermuda announced the appointment of Tim Fisher as Senior Vice President & Canadian Branch...
Swiss Re Reports Italian Insurance Market at ‘Crossroads’ of Change August 27, 2012 According to Swiss Re’s latest study – The Italian insurance market: opportunities in the land of the Renaissance – “Italy...
North Carolina Forms Workers’ Comp Scofflaw Task Force August 27, 2012 North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue last week created a panel to find ways to crack down on businesses that are...
Now There’s an App for Workers’ Comp Claims August 27, 2012 There’s an app for just about everything. And although a new workers’ compensation application from the University of Alabama at...
Del. Regulator Says State’s Captive Insurance Industry Growing Rapidly August 24, 2012 Delaware’s insurance commissioner, Karen Weldin Stewart, said this week the state’s captive insurance industry is growing at a fast pace....
Oklahoma Governor to Seek Additional Disaster Aid August 24, 2012 Gov. Mary Fallin says she’s pleased the government has approved disaster assistance for one Oklahoma county and that she’ll continue...