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New Database Tracks Management Liability Claims; Finds Lawsuits Up 33%

Feb 2 2006 // Since 2002, the average number of separate lawsuits associated with a single securities-related event – such as the collapse of Enron – has jumped 33 percent, and suits against underwriters, banks, brokers and...

Survey Confirms 4th Quarter Spike in Property Insurance Rates Due to Hurricanes

Jan 30 2006 // Property insurance rates increased sharply in the fourth quarter of 2005, according to the RIMS Benchmark Survey by the Risk and Inurance Management Society Inc. Reversing a two-year trend of steadily falling property...

2005 Hurricane Losses to Top $57 Billion, Advisen Reports

Dec 27 2005 // New York-based Advisen Ltd. has released an estimate that worldwide insurance and reinsurance losses related to the three major hurricanes that hit the United States this year would amount to $57.6 billion, making the...

One Year After Spitzer, Brokers and Risk Managers Report Shifting Roles

Nov 3 2005 // A year after the contingent commission scandal rocked the commercial insurance industry, new research from Advisen Ltd. has found significant shifts in the relationship between commercial insurance buyers and their brokers...

RIMS Benchmark Survey Reports Major Downturn in Commercial Rates

Oct 20 2005 // Commercial insurance premiums took a sharp downward turn in the third quarter, according to the RIMS Benchmark Survey, an industry survey of current policy renewal prices as reported by corporate risk managers. But some...

Advisen, Assurex Global Form Strategic Partnership

Apr 12 2005 // Advisen Ltd., a provider of analytics, benchmarking and market information to the commercial insurance industry, and Assurex Global, a privately held risk management and commercial insurance brokerage group, have announced...

Commercial Insurance Posts Full Year in Soft Market, RIMS Survey Reveals

Feb 21 2005 // The commercial insurance industry experienced a full year of a soft market conditions in 2004, as the last months of the year represented the fourth consecutive quarter of declining prices, according to the RIMS Benchmark...

Commercial Insurance Posts Full Year in Soft Market, Reports RIMS Benchmark Survey

Feb 7 2005 // The commercial insurance industry experienced a full year of a soft market conditions in 2004, as the last months of the year represented the fourth consecutive quarter of declining prices, according to the RIMS Benchmark...

Advisen Launches New Version of Information Platform for Commercial Industry

Oct 16 2003 // Advisen, Ltd., a provider of information, analytics and benchmarking for the commercial insurance industry, recently introduced Version 2.0 of its information platform for insurance professionals. The New York-based...

Industry Professionals Affirm RIMS Benchmark Survey Results

May 29 2003 // In a series of interviews conducted by Advisen, Ltd. since preliminary results of the RIMS Benchmark Survey were released last month, industry professionals report that the survey accurately reflects their current market...

RIMS Seeks Survey Participants

Nov 13 2002 // The Risk and Insurance Management Society Inc. (RIMS) and Advisen Ltd. are inviting the risk management and financial communities to participate in the new online RIMS Benchmark Survey(TM). According to RIMS and Advisen,...