Historically, the insurance sector has not been high on the list of preferred investments for private equity markets, but since 2001 interest in insurance and reinsurance has been on the rise, not only with private equity firms, but also with …
Historically, the insurance sector has not been high on the list of preferred investments for private equity markets, but since 2001 interest in insurance and reinsurance has been on the rise, not only with private equity firms, but also with …
By mid-November more than $500 billion in private equity transactions had occurred in 2006, $100 billion in October 2006 alone, according to Andrew Rosen, a partner with private equity firm HM Capital Partners. Dallas, Texas-based HM Capital has a controlling …
Placing of business is harder than it has ever been, agent says We insure a business in French Quarter in New Orleans which was unaffected by the flooding from Katrina and for the most part had fairly limited windstorm damage,” …
One lesson Bill Boyd learned in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina is that recovery from a disaster entails much more than simply restoring the critical functions of a business. “What we’ve learned … is that it’s not just having the …
David Duncan of David C. Duncan Insurance Services in Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., is worried about whether and how much the cost of his agency errors and omissions insurance might go up next year. Duncan started his agency in July …
Speaker after speaker at the Sept. 20 workers’ compensation conference held by the Insurance Council of Texas recognized that while reform of Texas’ workers’ compensation system has come a long way, there is still a long way to go. Workers’ …
Speaker after speaker at the Sept. 20 workers’ compensation conference presented by the Insurance Council of Texas recognized that while reform of Texas’ workers’ compensation system has come a long way, there is still a long way to go. Workers’ …
California received the dubious honor of most motorcycle thefts in the nation in 2005, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau. The Golden State recorded 9,110 thefts in 2005, compared with 9,213 in 2004. The state was followed by Florida, …
The system is not fixed yet. With that statement Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Albert Betts introduced his message to a crowd of insurance professionals attending the annual conference of the Southwestern Insurance Infor-mation Service, held in Dallas in June. …
