10-Point Checklist for DO Renewals in a Hard Market April 22, 2013 By Lisa Doherty and Seth B. Brickman No one, least of all the insured, likes a price increase. But with the D&O market firming across the board...
Planning for Uncertainty April 22, 2013 By Bill Schoeffler and Catherine Oak The traditional business plan includes short-term and long-term goals, and projections. But how do you plan when you can’t guess...
E&O Insights: Directors & Officers Liability Is Not Your Normal Insurance Product April 22, 2013 By Curtis M. Pearsall If you asked 100 insurance professionals on the agency side what one line of business “scares” them the most, it’s...
Merger & Acquisition Activity Off to a Quiet Start April 22, 2013 By Meredith Reeves After a record-setting year-end, 2013 started off with a whisper. First quarter merger and acquisition activity slowed to 37 announced...
Guns and Insurance April 22, 2013 By Tom Harvey We are going to have both. Millions of gun owners will keep their firearms, and the level of death and...
Business Moves April 22, 2013 Tower Group, Canopius Tower Group Inc. closed its merger with Canopius Holdings Bermuda Ltd. Tower becomes an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary...
Commercial Rates Continued Up in March, Even for Large Accounts: MarketScout April 22, 2013 Commercial insurance rates were up about 5 percent in March, according to the latest barometer from MarketScout and the National...
Armed and Growing April 22, 2013 By Andrea Wells Guns are big business. Just ask some insurance brokers. According to a report on InsuranceJournal.com, proposals to change state and...
Rates Should Rise Moderately for Most Commercial Lines April 22, 2013 Commercial insurance buyers in all product lines should see rates rise moderately through the remainder of 2013, although commercial property...
W.R. Berkley Corp. Divests, Connecticut Bank Acquires InsurBanc April 22, 2013 By Young Ha InsurBanc, a federal savings bank founded by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America and W.R. Berkley Corp. a...