Monthly Archives: <span>October 2014</span>

The Hartford Offers Safety Rewards, Discounts for Commercial Auto

The Hartford is offering small and midsize businesses the opportunity to receive commercial auto insurance premium discounts and rewards for safety. The company has also expanded its quoting system for agents and brokers to include small commercial auto coverage. The …

Best Revises Outlook for Union Insurance in United Arab Emirates

A.M. Best has revised the outlook to positive from stable for the issuer credit rating (ICR) of Union Insurance Company P.S.C. (Union) (United Arab Emirates). At the same time, A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of B++ …

A.M. Best Upgrades Rating of Greenlight Reinsurance Ireland

A.M. Besthas upgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) to “a” from “a-” of Greenlight Reinsurance Ireland Limited. Concurrently, A.M. Besthas affirmed the FSR of A (Excellent) and the …

Tropical Storm Heads to Mexico’s Western Coast

With just about a month left in the eastern Pacific’s hurricane season, Mexico is once again the target of a tropical system on its western coast. The latest system, Tropical Storm Vance, was drifting west in the Pacific Ocean with …

Africa Provides Insurers With New Business Opportunities

Global insurance companies are flocking to Africa, where millions of people have started earning enough to afford business cover and protection for their families, said private equity firm LeapFrog Investments. “We’re at an immense inflection point in history where millions …

Connecticut Family Sues Over School’s Ebola Fears

The father of a Connecticut third-grader filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday saying his daughter has been unfairly barred from school amid fears she may have been exposed to the Ebola virus while in Africa. Ikeoluwa Opayemi and her family, who …

Regulator Takes Focus on Climate Change Preparedness

With a calm demeanor and in a somewhat scientific tone he doesn’t mind using while explaining his stance on something, Mike Kreidler stood by his decision to call out the insurance industry and the rest of the nation’s insurance commissioners …

Boston Mayor: City Made Significant Strides in Preparing for Climate Change

Boston has made significant strides in preparing for major natural disasters, rising sea levels and other impacts to the ever-changing climate, Mayor Martin Walsh said on the two-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy. Speaking at the Architecture Boston Expo at the …

Integro Hires Stearns as Global Marine Practice Principal in New York

Insurance brokerage and risk management firm Integro hired Robert Stearns as a principal for the firm’s Global Marine practice in New York. He is responsible for the design, structure, placement and servicing of marine liability and marine hull insurance programs.

Selective Insurance’s Q3 Profit Rises 63% to $53M

Selective Insurance Group reported $53.2 million net income for its 2014 third quarter, a 62.7 percent increase from $32.7 million net income during the third quarter of 2013. The Branchville, New Jersey-based insurer’s operating income for the third quarter was …