Latest Property Casualty Headlines
All the headlines from our Property Casualty Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Identity theft: A ‘catch phrase for the new millennium’
Feb 26 2007 // Contrary to popular opinion and despite well-publicized security breaches at governmental entities and major corporations, the primary methods of confiscating the information necessary to commit identity theft turn out to...
A look behind the very good property/casualty results for 2006
Feb 26 2007 // The numbers, or estimates, for the property/ casualty insurance industry for 2006 are in. Dr. Robert Hartwig, president and chief economist of the Insurance Information Institute, sat down with Insurance Journal’s...
Premium Growth: A measure for a response to changing needs?
Feb 26 2007 // Virtually all industries respect and demand top line growth. Publicly traded companies, competing for capital, are required to demonstrate an ability to facilitate top line growth. In stark contrast to other industries,...
Hospitality industry faces more than just traditional P/C losses
Feb 26 2007 // Business interruption coverage a must in a world awaiting the next illness ‘outbreak’ Whether you study the growth curve in the “baby boomer” generation or generation “X” or...
A look behind the very good P/C results for 2006
Feb 25 2007 // News Currents The numbers, or es-timates, for the property casualty insurance industry for 2006 are in, and Dr. Robert Hartwig, president and chief economist of the Insurance Information Institute, discussed them with...
People
Feb 25 2007 // Covington, La.-based First Premium Insurance Group Inc., a regional property and casualty insurance broker, added a new team member, Crystal DePascual. DePascual joined First Premium’s staff as marketing...
Identity theft: A ‘catch phrase for the new millennium’
Feb 25 2007 // Contrary to popular opinion and despite well-publicized security breaches at governmental entities and major corporations, the primary methods of confiscating the information necessary to commit identity theft turn out to...
8 La.’s Blanco: Industry over-reacting to hurricanes
Feb 25 2007 // Governor says state is making headway on storm protection 9 Ark. auto insurance fraud suspect turns self in Fraud ring allegedly scammed hundreds of thousands of dollars 10 New Orleans couple drops suit against Allstate No...
A look behind the very good P/C results for 2006
Feb 25 2007 // News Currents The numbers, or es-timates, for the property casualty insurance industry for 2006 are in, and Dr. Robert Hartwig, president and chief economist of the Insurance Information Institute, discussed them with...
A look behind the very good property/casualty results for 2006
Feb 25 2007 // News Currents The numbers, or estimates, for the property/ casualty insurance industry for 2006 are in. Dr. Robert Hartwig, president and chief economist of the Insurance Information Institute, sat down with Insurance...
8 Agents welcome windstorm debate
Feb 25 2007 // Insurers warn against subsidies 10 Safeco to cut homeowners, commercial rates 200,000 Calif. customers to benefit, company says 10 Ariz. lawmakers move to raise burden of proof on ER suits Identical bill vetoed by Gov....
Premium Growth: A measure for a response to changing needs?
Feb 25 2007 // Virtually all industries respect and demand top line growth. Publicly traded companies, competing for capital, are required to demonstrate an ability to facilitate top line growth. In stark contrast to other industries,...
Hospitality industry faces more than just traditional P/C losses
Feb 25 2007 // Whether you study the growth curve in the “baby boomer” generation or generation “X” or “Y,” it is clear that we have a collision course of increased scope of risk, changing...
Top 25 Property/Casualty Companies in Premium Growth
Feb 25 2007 // 12 months ending Sept. 30, 2006, versus Sept. 30, 2005 (000 Omitted) DPW Change DWP DWP DWP $ DWP % Rank Company Name 9/30/2006 9/30/05 Change Change 1 Lexington Insurance...
R.E. Chaix Adds Two Carriers for P/C Risks
Feb 22 2007 // Irvine, Calif.-based R.E. Chaix & Associates announced it has finished negotiations to add two new carriers for in-house binding for property and casualty risks. Both carriers are non-admitted and both have...
Chicago Mesirow Appoints Former NBA Star as Senior Vice President
Feb 16 2007 // Chicago-based Mesirow Financial recently announced that Brian Evans, an ex-Hoosier and three-year NBA veteran, has joined its Insurance Services division as a senior vice president. He is responsible for leading new...
Insurance Journal-Demotech Report Identifies 139 Super Regional P/C Insurers
Feb 14 2007 // Hoping to spark a discussion of so-called “super regional” insurance carriers, Insurance Journal magazine (Feb. 12 issue) this week is publishing its first list of Super Regional Property Casualty Insurers™,...
Swiss Re P/C Renewals up 14%; Conference Call Today
Feb 13 2007 // Swiss Re announced that it has “grown its non-life [P/C] reinsurance portfolio by CHF 1.3 billion [$1.04 billion] or 14 percent, which reflects successful renewals of business acquired through the acquisition of...
Super Regional P/C Insurers™
Feb 12 2007 // A number of property/casualty insurers call themselves Super Regionals as a way to differentiate themselves in the marketplace. They pride themselves on being not too big and not too small. Big enough for economies of...
Industry forecast predicts slower premium growth in 2007 and 2008
Feb 12 2007 // Despite slow-down, industry still anticipates underwriting profits Most insurance industry analysts predict slower P/C premium growth for 2007, according to an Insurance Information Institute’s annual survey of Wall...
