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Report: Traffic Accidents’ Share of Workers’ Comp Losses Grows
Jan 3 2007 // Work-related injuries due to traffic accidents are relatively costly and are on the increase as a growing share of workers compensation loss costs. According to the National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc., the...
S&P Places Marsh & McLennan on CreditWatch
Dec 29 2006 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services placed its ‘BBB/A-2’ counterparty credit rating on Marsh & McLennan Cos. (MMC) on CreditWatch with developing implications. This action is in response to...
Munich Re Warns Insurers Against Nat Cat ‘Complacency’
Dec 29 2006 // While recognizing that economic losses from natural catastrophes were considerably lower in 2006 than in 2005, Munich Re warned the industry against becoming too complacent. In a bulletin on the reinsurer’s web site...
Absence of Hurricane Losses Proves Beneficial to Insurers’ Bottomline
Dec 27 2006 // Driven by a sharp decline in catastrophe losses from hurricanes and other natural disasters in 2006, the U.S. property/casualty industry posted a $24.4 billion net gain on underwriting through nine months. The net gain on...
National Council on Compensation Insurance proposes increase for workers’ comp loss cost rates
Dec 25 2006 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance has submitted a filing for an average increase of 3.4 percent for workers’ compensation voluntary insurance loss costs in Nevada, according to state Insurance...
Global warming represents watershed event for insurance industry
Dec 25 2006 // At various points in history — the Great Dust Bowl of the 1930s, urban riots of the 1960s, and terrorism today — watershed events or trends ushered in structural changes within the U.S. insurance industry....
Global warming represents watershed event for insurance industry
Dec 25 2006 // At various points in history — the Great Dust Bowl of the 1930s, urban riots of the 1960s, and terrorism today — watershed events or trends ushered in structural changes within the U.S. insurance industry....
Global warming represents watershed event for insurance industry
Dec 25 2006 // At various points in history — the Great Dust Bowl of the 1930s, urban riots of the 1960s, and terrorism today — watershed events or trends ushered in structural changes within the U.S. insurance industry....
2006: a big year for P&C buyers and sellers of all shapes and sizes
Dec 25 2006 // JANUARY Hallmark Aquires Aerospace Holdings Fort Worth, Texas-based Hallmark Financial Services Inc. has completed its acquisition of Aerospace Holdings LLC, which markets general aviation insurance products. Hallmark...
2006: Soft market offers up many new insurance products
Dec 25 2006 // E&O, Professional/Management Liability New P/C Insurance Agents’ E&O Rockwood Programs partnered with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London to offer professional liability coverage specifically...
Global warming represents watershed event for insurance industry
Dec 25 2006 // At various points in history — the Great Dust Bowl of the 1930s, urban riots of the 1960s, and terrorism today — watershed events or trends ushered in structural changes within the U.S. insurance industry....
Global warming represents watershed event for insurance industry
Dec 25 2006 // At various points in history — the Great Dust Bowl of the 1930s, urban riots of the 1960s, and terrorism today — watershed events or trends ushered in structural changes within the U.S. insurance industry....
Global warming represents watershed event for insurance industry
Dec 24 2006 // At various points in history — the Great Dust Bowl of the 1930s, urban riots of the 1960s, and terrorism today — watershed events or trends ushered in structural changes within the U.S. insurance industry....
National Council on Compensation Insurance proposes increase for workers’ comp loss cost rates
Dec 24 2006 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance has submitted a filing for an average increase of 3.4 percent for workers’ compensation voluntary insurance loss costs in Nevada, according to state Insurance...
Global warming represents watershed event for insurance industry
Dec 24 2006 // At various points in history — the Great Dust Bowl of the 1930s, urban riots of the 1960s, and terrorism today — watershed events or trends ushered in structural changes within the U.S. insurance industry....
Global warming represents watershed event for insurance industry
Dec 24 2006 // At various points in history — the Great Dust Bowl of the 1930s, urban riots of the 1960s, and terrorism today — watershed events or trends ushered in structural changes within the U.S. insurance industry....
2006 New Markets Report
Dec 24 2006 // E&O, Professional/Management Liability New P/C Insurance Agents’ E&O Rockwood Programs partnered with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London to offer professional liability coverage specifically...
2006:a big year for P&C buyers and sellers of all shapes and sizes
Dec 24 2006 // JANUARY Hallmark Acquires Fort Worth, Texas-based Hallmark Financial Services Inc. has completed its acquisition of Aerospace Holdings LLC, which markets general aviation insurance products. Hallmark underwrites...
Colorado Airport Singing Holiday Blues; Losses Just Now Rolling In
Dec 22 2006 // Stranded travelers lined up at ticket counters at snowbound Denver International Airport early Thursday, hoping to get out of town amid a powerful snowstorm that paralyzed Colorado’s biggest cities with up to 2 feet...
Ark. Starts Insurance Program for Low-Income Workers
Dec 22 2006 // Low-income workers without health insurance are the targets of a new program announced by Arkansas officials. Enrollment began Dec. 20 for a program partly paid by Medicaid dollars that will eventually offer insurance to...
