Latest Casualty Headlines
All the headlines from our Casualty Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Everest Insurance Hires Manger as Head of Casualty Claims in New Jersey
Jul 10 2020 // Everest Insurance has hired Louis Manger as head of Casualty Claims. In this role, Manger will lead all facets of Casualty Claims, including all direct-handled and TPA-administered claims. He will be based in Liberty...
Willis Re Taps Moss from Lockton Re as Co-Head of Specialty Casualty Unit in London
Jul 8 2020 // Willis Re, the reinsurance division of Willis Towers Watson, announces the appointment of James Moss as co-head of Willis Re Specialty’s Casualty practice. In his role, Moss will work in tandem with Chirag Shah to...
Minnesota Issues Riot Claims Data Call to Property/Casualty Insurers
Jul 8 2020 // Minnesota’s insurance regulators issued a data call in late June, requesting information from property/casualty insurers in the state about claims filed in the wake of the riots/civil commotion following the killing...
Talisman Casualty to Offer Surety Program for Captives
Jul 7 2020 // Talisman Casualty Insurance Co. of Nevada has launched a surety program designed to help its captive clients avoid the possibility of losses caused by a failure on the principal’s part to meet the obligations of...
101 Ways Coronavirus Crisis Has Changed P/C Insurance Pros’ View of Their Job. Or Not.
Jul 7 2020 // Has the coronavirus experience changed how property/casualty insurance professionals view their jobs? Yes and no. The biggest change is that many in the industry learned they can do their job from home, and most, although...
2020 Super Regional P/C Insurers
Jul 6 2020 // Demotech Inc. Reveals Leading Multi-State Property/Casualty Insurers In order to continue the discussion regarding what constitutes a Super Regional P/C Insurer™ and to give definition to this important group of...
Exclusive Coronavirus Survey: P/C Insurance Return to ‘Normal’ Office May Take Time
Jul 1 2020 // Many property/casualty insurance professionals, most of whom have been working at home during the pandemic, may need some convincing not only to return to an office anytime soon but also to engage in typical business...
Liberty Mutual Re Taps Steiner from RenRe for U.S. Casualty Treaty Team
Jun 29 2020 // Liberty Mutual Re (LM Re), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has appointed Sara Steiner to the role of vice president and director of Assumed Reinsurance. Sara Steiner Steiner is based in LM Re’s office in...
Exclusive: How P/C Insurance Pros Are Faring Working From Home During Pandemic
Jun 25 2020 // According to Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, there’s no place like home. For many in the property/casualty insurance industry, home is where their job has been during the pandemic. While millions of people in other...
Prime Property & Casualty Insurance Inc. Provides Partnership Approach to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Commercial Auto Market
Jun 24 2020 // Chicago, IL, June 24, 2020 – Prime Property & Casualty Insurance Inc. (“PPCI”) has announced its debut into the Commonwealth of Massachusetts commercial auto market as an admitted carrier specializing...
Edge Computing, Supply Chains, Deepfakes Among 2020’s Top Emerging Risks: Swiss Re
Jun 12 2020 // Pandemic threats were once on the list of potential emerging risks facing the insurance industry and society. Now that this risk has materialized with the COVID-19 crisis, it is perhaps a good time to take a look at the...
A.M. Best Affirms North American Casualty Group Companies’ Ratings
Jun 10 2020 // Ratings issuer A.M. Best said it has removed from under review with negative implications and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of “a” of five companies...
Join the Big Coronavirus Survey for the Entire Property/Casualty Insurance Industry
May 27 2020 // How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting you, your life, your work and your industry? Now and going forward? No matter where you work in the P/C insurance industry, your experience is important. Learn how your experience...
Canopius Appoints AXA XL’s Elliott as APAC Casualty Underwriter
May 26 2020 // Canopius announced the appointment of Craig Elliott as casualty underwriter for the region, effective May 4, 2020. He reports to Claudio Saita, head of Australia & Pacific, and is based in the company’s Sydney...
P/C Insurers Back a Federal Pandemic Loss Fund But Not a Backstop Like TRIA
May 19 2020 // Property/casualty insurance carrier groups are developing a proposal for a federal program to replace revenues lost by businesses shut down during pandemics like COVID-19, but their program won’t be modeled after the...
Commercial Insurance Rates in Q1 Rise 14%, Even Before Impact of COVID-19: Marsh
May 12 2020 // Global average commercial insurance prices increased 14% in the first quarter of 2020 – but the rate hikes were not due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to insurance broker Marsh in its quarterly Global Insurance...
EC3 Brokers Launches Casualty and Cyber Specialty Division
May 12 2020 // EC3 Brokers announced the launch of its specialty division, with the appointment of Jonathon Lane as head of the division. Lane is joined by Dominic Toogood and Gary Moore. All three joined on May 1 and initially will...
Everest Insurance Promotes 4 as Regional Leaders on Commercial Casualty Team
Apr 23 2020 // Everest Insurance announced changes to the Commercial Casualty leadership team. Four underwriters across the country have been appointed leaders for the Northeast, South, Midwest and Southwest regions. Frank Engle has been...
AXA XL Forms New Leadership Team, Aims to Restructure with Regional Business Units
Apr 21 2020 // AXA XL announced a new leadership team and proposed changes to the operating model of its Insurance business following a strategic review. Key proposed changes to the operating model include the creation of a single global...
Horace Mann Taps Desrochers to Lead Property/Casualty Business
Apr 2 2020 // Horace Mann Educators Corp. has appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Corporate Actuary Mark Desrochers as head of the company’s property/casualty insurance business on an acting basis. Desrochers will take over...
