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Remembering Chernobyl As Nuclear Industry Seeks Role in Future of Sustainable Energy
May 30 2019 // A television series about the world’s worst nuclear accident is refocusing millions of viewers on atomic risks just as the industry struggles to gain traction in markets flooded with renewable power. Home Box Office...
Increasing Physician Prices Doesn’t Produce Better Results for Injured Workers
May 29 2019 // When the price of physician services increases relative to group health rates, injured workers report fewer problems getting the care they want but no significant improvement in physical function or speedier return to...
AAA Survey: Floridians Concerned for Upcoming Hurricane Season
May 29 2019 // Floridians are becoming more concerned about hurricane season, after enduring four major storms in the past three years, including a category five last year, according to a survey from AAA. The AAA survey, conducted online...
PIIB in California Names Bertolini Future President and CEO
May 28 2019 // El Dorado Hills, Calif.-based Pacific Interstate Insurance Brokers has named Tiffany Bertolini the future president of the firm. Current President and CEO Larry Manning will be retiring from his current duties on Dec. 31,...
Texas Windstorm Insurer Withdraws 10% Rate Increase Filing
May 28 2019 // Texas’ property insurer of last resort for wind and hail along the Texas coast voted at a May 24, 2019, meeting of its board of directors to withdraw a 10% rate increase filed last year that was subsequently put on...
Issuer Credit Rating Outlook Revised to Stable for Church Mutual Insurance Group
May 28 2019 // AM Best has revised the outlook to stable from positive for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term ICRs of “a” of...
As Many as 8 Hurricanes Forecast for ‘Near Normal’ 2019 Hurricane Season
May 24 2019 // As many as 8 hurricanes may form in the Atlantic in 2019, a “near normal” season following two years of storms that have left a trail of death and destruction in the Caribbean and U.S. coast. Nine to 15 named...
Cost of Flood-Prone Home Buyouts in Missouri, Elsewhere: $5B and Rising
May 23 2019 // The residents of the small riverside town of Mosby, Missouri, have become accustomed to watching floods swamp their streets, transform their homes into islands and ruin their floors and furniture. Elmer Sullivan has...
North Carolina Insurance Fraud Round-Up: April
May 22 2019 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance announced multiple fraud enforcement actions during the month of April 2019. Insurance fraud costs American consumers approximately $80 billion dollars a year. According to North...
UK Companies Fed Up with Politicians as Cost of Brexit Uncertainty Mounts
May 20 2019 // As the cost of the Brexit turmoil mounts for British companies, business leaders are fed up with the U.K.’s political class. And with Prime Minister Theresa May’s tenure coming to an end, they worry about the...
Cyber Prices Drop, While Demand, Supply, Awareness Continue to Grow: Marsh
May 20 2019 // The message about the need to take cyber risk and insurance seriously is getting through to companies and boardrooms. “As risk awareness has grown, more organizations, particularly those focused on their business...
Video Game Effort Could Help Regulate Future Drone Traffic
May 20 2019 // By Lindsay Whitehurst Drones ferrying medical supplies, packages and even pizza could one day be crisscrossing the skies above U.S. cities, and a team at the University of Utah is working with regulators to keep that...
AM Best Affirms Ratings of Third Point Re While Revising Outlook to Negative
May 17 2019 // AM Besthas revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) of “a-” of Bermuda-based Third Point...
Commercial Insurance Prices Were Up 3% Globally, 1.1% in U.S. in Q1: Marsh
May 16 2019 // Average global commercial insurance prices increased 3% in the first quarter of2019, according to broker Marsh. This represents the sixth consecutive quarter of average commercial insurance pricing increases, Marsh said in...
Generali’s Net Profit Rises 28% in First Quarter, Boosted by Asset Sales
May 16 2019 // Generali, Italy’s biggest insurer, reported a larger-than-expected 28 percent rise in first-quarter net profit helped by asset sales, though capital ratios fell due to regulatory changes. Generali’s solvency...
Oil, Gas Shippers Brace for Rise in Insurance Premiums After Saudi Ship Attacks
May 16 2019 // Asian shippers and refiners have put ships heading to the Middle East on alert and are expecting a possible rise in marine insurance premiums after recent attacks on Saudi oil tankers and pipeline facilities, industry...
Outlooks Revised to Stable for Illinois’ Specialty Risk of America
May 16 2019 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to stable from negative and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B+ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bbb-” of Specialty Risk of America (SPRISKA) in...
BPL Global Adds Marsh’s DeCarlo to Grow Credit, Political Risk Business in U.S.
May 15 2019 // Credit and political risk insurance brokerage specialist BPL Global has appointed Donnie DiCarlo as executive vice president. He will be based in New York and is charged with expanding BPL’s client base in the U.S....
Cyber Insurance Growth Slowed in Reaching $2 Billion in 2018, Says Fitch
May 15 2019 // The cyber insurance market remains a source of growth for U.S. property/casualty insurers; however, that growth is slowing, according to Fitch Ratings. The industry’s total direct written cyber premiums grew 8% in...
Allianz Posts Q1 Net Profit of $2.21B, a Small Rise from Q1 2018
May 14 2019 // German insurer Allianz SE on Tuesday posted a small rise in net profit in the first quarter from a year earlier, marginally ahead of expectations, and confirmed its targets for 2019. Results were helped by lower claims...
