July 16, 2012
Farm Bureau Insurance said it is dropping about 3,000 South Carolina home insurance customers after paying out millions in storm-related claims last year. The Post and Courier of Charleston reported that property owners in 17 coastal and Pee Dee counties …
July 16, 2012
The new president of the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. meets with the insurer’s governing board for the first time, looking for consensus on finalizing the insurer’s rate request for next year. Citizens’ governing board holds a rate workshop Monday …
July 16, 2012
U.S. Gulf Coast states have a higher stake in the amount of money the U.S. government can wring out of BP Plc for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill due to a new law that would divert billions of dollars …
July 16, 2012
Cancelling the London Olympics due, for example, to a security threat would result in damages of more than €4 billion ($4.9 billion), Andrew Duxbury, underwriting manager at Munich Re, told a German newspaper. “This was the sum of the insurable …
July 16, 2012
A.M. Best Europe Rating Services Limited has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘B++’ (Good) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “bbb” of SCHWARZMEER UND OSTSEE Versicherungs-Aktiengesellschaft SOVAG, which is based in Germany, both with stable outlooks.. SOVAG’s …
July 16, 2012
A wide range of suitors, from the son of Asia’s richest man and a former rugby player in New Zealand to more established players including AIA Group and Manulife Financial Corp, are expected to submit binding bids on Monday for …
July 16, 2012
The European Union may be forced to put back the January 2014 start date for its Solvency II capital regime for insurers after talks to agree a final draft of the strict new rules collapsed, Europe’s top insurance sector lobby …
July 16, 2012
Direct Line, the UK’s largest motor [auto] insurer run by government-owned Royal Bank of Scotland, is a takeover target for private equity groups looking to pre-empt what would be one of the biggest initial public offerings in London this year. …
July 16, 2012
Willis Group Holdings announced that it has been issued a full commercial lines license to conduct insurance intermediary services in Guernsey under the Insurance Managers and Insurance Intermediaries Bailiwick of Guernsey Law, 2002. Willis noted that it is the “only …
July 16, 2012
After a hiatus of nearly two years, Rick Bondurant has rejoined the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) staff as director of management resources. In this role, Bondurant is responsible for developing, implementing and managing strategic agency management initiatives and …