Latest Casualty Headlines

All the headlines from our Casualty Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Pollard Elected NAII Chairman

Oct 31 2002 // William Pollard, executive vice president and general manager of the North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company was elected chairman of the Board of Governors of the National Association of Independent Insurers...

A.M. Best Affirms Ratings for Mercury Casualty Group

Oct 29 2002 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength ratings of A+ (Superior) for the Mercury Casualty Group (Los Angeles). Also, the financial strength ratings of A- (Excellent) of American Mercury Insurance Group (Oklahoma...

American Casualty Requests Rate Change in Nevada

Oct 17 2002 // American Casualty Company of Reading, Pa., a subsidiary of CNA Insurance Group, recently filed a request for rate increase in Nevada. The increase, if granted, would be placed in effect on policies in the Medical...

Continental Casualty Requests Rate Change in Nevada

Oct 16 2002 // Continental Casualty Company, a subsidiary of CNA Insurance Group, recently filed a request for rate increase in Nevada. The increase, if granted, would be placed in effect on policies in the Medical Professional Liability...

COLONIAL CASUALTY IN TROUBLE

Oct 14 2002 // A Travis County Grand Jury handed down indictments to a Texas couple alleging that the two stole over $1 million from Colonial Casualty Insurance Company, a workers compensation insurance company based in Dallas. The...

Conning Says Casualty Insurers’ Results Slightly Improved

Oct 11 2002 // The U.S. Property/Casualty industry outlook is improving, but not dramatically, according to Conning Research and Consulting, Inc. Premium growth is significant, but income and return on equity are projected to improve...

Foremost Mobilehome Insurance Rates to Increase

Oct 10 2002 // Nevada Insurance Commissioner Alice A. Molasky-Arman has approved a mobile homeowners insurance rate change for the Foremost Insurance Company Grand Rapids, Michigan (“Foremost Insurance”), American Federation...

Allied World Announces Two Executive Appointments

Oct 9 2002 // Bermuda-based Allied World Assurance Company, Ltd (AWAC) announced that Gerald W. Browning has joined the company as a VP, responsible for the Casualty Facultative Reinsurance Department, and that Sylvan D. Richards Jr....

ACE Casualty Risk Part of Environmental Risk Market, Forms New Unit

Oct 7 2002 // ACE Casualty Risk is entering the environmental risk market resulting in the creation of a new unit, ACE Environmental Risk. The new environmental and casualty underwriting unit will offer environmental liability products...

Endurance Announces Two Sr. Executive Appointments

Oct 4 2002 // Bermuda’s Endurance Specialty Insurance Ltd. announced the promotion of David V. Cabral to Executive VP for Excess Casualty and Professional Liability and that Ronald H. Koch has been named a Senior VP for Casualty...

American Casualty Files Rate Increase Request in Nev.

Oct 3 2002 // American Casualty Company of Reading, Pa. recently filed a request for rate increase in Nevada. The increase, if granted, would be placed in effect on policies in the Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists Professional...

TDI Seeks Bids for Colonial Casualty Receiver

Oct 2 2002 // The Texas Department of Insurance issued a request for bids for a special deputy receiver to handle business related to Dallas-based workers’ compensation carrier Colonial Casualty Insurance Company. Colonial...

Travelers Property Casualty Authorizes $500M Share Repurchase

Sep 26 2002 // Travelers Property Casualty Corp. announced that its Board of Directors authorized the company to spend up to $500 million for the repurchase of its Class A and Class B common stock. The repurchases may be made from time...

Patriot Act Final Rules on Money Laundering Exempt P/C Insurers

Sep 20 2002 // The U.S. Treasury Department’s final rules on implementation of the USA Patriot Act exclude property/casualty insurers from specific sections of the law aimed at detecting terrorists’ money laundering schemes...

ACE Risk Management Forms New Custom Casualty Unit

Sep 4 2002 // ACE Risk Management (ARM), part of ACE USA, has created a new unit, ARM Custom Casualty. The ARM Custom Casualty unit will specialize in general and product liability coverages for insureds with challenging exposures. In...

National Security Fire & Casualty Signs on with Trusted ChoiceSM

Sep 3 2002 // National Security Fire & Casualty, a regional insurance company with operations in 10 Southeastern states, has joined Trusted ChoiceSM—the consumer marketing brand established by the Independent Insurance Agents...

Insurity Renews Licensing Agreement With Georgia Casualty

Aug 29 2002 // Insurity(SM), a ChoicePoint® company, has renewed a licensing agreement with Georgia Casualty and Surety Company for policy administration products and services. Under the agreement, Insurity will convert Georgia...

AcroSoft’s Document Management Software Attracts New Customers

Aug 29 2002 // AcroSoft Corporation of Columbia, S.C. announced two property and casualty companie, Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company and Alliance Mutual Insurance Company, implemented AcroSoft’s document management software...

IIABA Calls on State Securities Regulators to Identify Fraud Perpetrators

Aug 28 2002 // A news release on investment fraud scams issued by a state securities regulator group grossly misidentifies the perpetrators as independent insurance agents, said Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America...

Travelers Property Casualty Corp. Spin-Off Completed

Aug 22 2002 // Travelers Property Casualty Corp. announced that Citigroup has completed the spin-off of Travelers Property Casualty by distributing 219,050,000 shares of Travelers class A common stock and 450,050,000 shares of Travelers...