Commercial Insurance Prices Continue to Rise: Towers Watson June 11, 2012 Commercial insurance prices in aggregate increased by nearly five percent during the first quarter of 2012, the fifth consecutive quarter...
Transfer of Pension Risk to Insurers Gaining Favor June 11, 2012 By Ben Berkowitz, Aaron Pressman and Cezary Podkul Last week’s deal by Prudential Financial to take on $26 billion of the retirement liabilities of General Motors has reignited...
Mississippi Reservist Files Job Bias Claim Against Weather Channel TV June 11, 2012 A former on-air forecaster for The Weather Channel is suing the network, claiming it illegally discriminated against her because of...
Mississippi Court Orders New Trial in Worker’s $15M Asbestos Award June 11, 2012 By Jack Elliott Jr. The Mississippi Supreme Court has ordered a new trial in a workplace asbestos exposure case in which a Jones County...
Talking Cars, or V2V, May Help Humans Avoid Crashes June 11, 2012 By Joan Lowy As a safety demonstration, it was a heart-stopper: A Ford Taurus was seconds away from cruising through an intersection when...
UK’s CFC Launches Excess Underwriting Capability June 11, 2012 London-based CFC Underwriting has launched an excess underwriting capability. CFC is a specialist lines underwriting agency backed by 17 Lloyd’s...
Trade Credit Insurers Increase Exposures to over $225 Billion June 11, 2012 Global trade credit insurers have increased their exposures in the sector by over €180 billion [$226.8 billion], despite the continuing...
XL Political Risk, Trade Credit Unit Gets Approval for Lloyd’s Expansion June 11, 2012 XL Group announced that its Political Risk and Trade Credit (PRTC) business has received approval from Lloyd’s to write Political...
Analysis: EU’s Spain Bank Rescue May Bring only Brief Respite June 11, 2012 By Paul Taylor Euro zone finance ministers rushed Spain into an EU-funded rescue for its debt-stricken banks to pre-empt the threat of a...
Colony Specialty Launches Environmental Auto Product June 11, 2012 Colony Specialty, a member of Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd., is now offering business auto coverage in conjunction with its...