Latest Property Casualty Headlines
All the headlines from our Property Casualty Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Insurance Industry on Solid Financial Footing, But Overall Results Mask Problems in Certain Lines, Locations
Apr 10 2006 // The property/casualty insurance industry will report an increase in its capital base and an overall profitable performance in 2005, enabling it to meet the insurance needs of the growing U.S. economy, according to...
S&P Announces Revision in Assessing P/C Cat Risks
Apr 7 2006 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has revised its criteria for measuring the catastrophe risk of primary P/C insurance companies, according to an article published today. The article, which is...
Senators Introduce Optional Federal Charter Legislation
Apr 5 2006 // Citing bipartisan support to revamp the insurance industry regulatory system, two U.S. senators today unveiled legislation that would allow life and property/casualty insurers to choose federal rather than state regulation...
Measuring Risk: Insurers’ day of reckoning arrives
Apr 3 2006 // The threat of more natural disasters could make 2006 a watershed year in how the insurance industry measures risk. With American carriers revamping their reporting and management structures, insurers are expected to...
When insurers play the ratings game
Apr 3 2006 // Publicly traded property casualty insurance companies must serve many masters. To be competitive in the marketplace, they must offer products that meet the needs of consumers, at prices that are competitive with the...
When insurers play the ratings game
Apr 3 2006 // Publicly traded property casualty insurance companies must serve many masters. To be competitive in the marketplace, they must offer products that meet the needs of consumers, at prices that are competitive with the...
Fitch: Deterioration in profits for U.S. P/C sector
Apr 3 2006 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry will report deterioration in profitability in 2005 because insured catastrophe losses reached record levels in 2005, Fitch Ratings said. The decrease in profitability is...
Kristin Wall
Apr 3 2006 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation named Kristin Wall, president and chief operating officer, to replace Steve Cavanaugh as chief executive officer. Cavanaugh tendered his resignation at the March 16 Board...
Measuring Risk: Insurers’ day of reckoning arrives
Apr 3 2006 // “The ultimate objective is for an insurer is to use an ERM framework to better understand and manage the correlation and diversification of risk across the company and uses this information to determine overall risk...
The pre-bindingdisclosure reveals the standard commission Zurich pays agents by type of policy and
Apr 3 2006 // outlines any contingency compensation arrangements. News Currents Zurich agents caught in compensation disclosure web Insurer agrees to nationwide compensation disclosure along with payments of $325 million in two...
Financial Commentary
Apr 3 2006 // Do under-reserved property/casualty insurers deserve high ratings? Publicly traded property casualty insurance companies must serve many masters. To be competitive in the marketplace, they must offer products that meet the...
Fitch: Deterioration in profits for U.S. P/C sector
Apr 3 2006 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry will report deterioration in profitability in 2005 because insured catastrophe losses reached record levels in 2005, Fitch Ratings said. The decrease in profitability is...
Actuaries Estimate Cost of Terrorist Attacks on Cities; N.Y. at $778 Billion; D.C. at $196.8 Billion
Mar 31 2006 // The American Academy of Actuaries disclosed that a future large terrorist attack in New York City could result in $778 billion in insured losses. Speaking at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners public...
P/C Insurers Comment on Repeal of Tort Doctrine
Mar 31 2006 // The Florida Legislature took another important step toward making its civil justice system more equitable by repealing the doctrine of joint and several liability, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of...
Fitch: Deterioration in Profits For U.S. P/C Sector At YE2005
Mar 28 2006 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry will report deterioration in profitability in 2005 because insured catastrophe losses reached record levels in 2005, Fitch Ratings said. The decrease in profitability is...
A.M. Best Upgrades, Affirms Ratings of United America Indemnity Units
Mar 27 2006 // United America Indemnity, Ltd. reported that A.M. Best Company upgraded or affirmed its financial-strength rating for fourof its subsidiaries. Penn-America Group, Inc. was upgraded to A (Excellent); United National Group...
National Atlantic Appoints Golding to Board of Directors
Mar 24 2006 // National Atlantic Holdings Corporation, a provider of specialized property-casualty insurance products and related insurance services based in Freehold, N.J., has appointed Cornelius E. Golding, 58, to its Board of...
Financial Planners Pay More Attention to P/C Insurance and Risk Management
Mar 21 2006 // Property/casualty insurance and risk management increasingly play a role in financial planning, according to a survey by the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies. Fifty-seven percent of the 102 financial planners surveyed...
Wausau Signature Agency unveils new Employee Benefit Division
Mar 20 2006 // Wisconsin-based Wausau Signature Agency has unveiled its new Employee Benefits Division with comprehensive sales, marketing and service capabilities to fully complement its traditionally-strong property and casualty...
Argonaut Group Adds Ingram as Chief Information Officer
Mar 14 2006 // Argonaut Group Inc., a San Antonio, Texas-based national underwriter of specialty insurance products in niche areas of the property and casualty market, announced that Robert C. Ingram III has joined the organization as...
