Today’s Farms Need Specialized Environmental Coverage June 6, 2016 By Harrison W. Scheider Recent court and regulatory actions across the country with regard to environmental pollution exclusions in insurance policies have shown the...
Carriers Can Still Profit Despite Unpredictable Economy, Berkley Says June 6, 2016 By Denise Johnson Partnership and greater efficiency will help lead the way to continued profitability despite a new level of uncertainty globally, according...
Do Millennials Want Cars? Loan Data Says ‘Yes’ June 6, 2016 Millennials are less interested than older folks in owning their own cars, right? Maybe not, according to auto loan data...
Popular Program Market: New Programs Might Get a Chance June 6, 2016 By Andrea Wells The program insurance segment has been an attractive area for property/casualty carriers in recent years and interest doesn’t appear to...
TWIA Expects $4.9B in Funds for 2016 Hurricane Season June 6, 2016 While reinsurance for the 2016 hurricane season hasn’t yet been nailed down, Texas’ insurer of last resort for wind and...
Review of Q1 M&A Deal Activity June 6, 2016 By Christopher Darst Deal count for the first quarter of 2016 was down slightly relative to the record-breaking first quarter of 2015, but...
People – South Central June 6, 2016 Insurance broker Lockton announced it will create two new business teams to align its Texas operations. Lockton’s Houston, San Antonio,...
P/C Insurers Continue to See Slow Premium Growth and Rising Loss Ratios June 6, 2016 For U.S. property/casualty insurers, net written premium still grew in 2015, but the rate of expansion is slowing, and the...
Regulators: 4 Insurers Hold 55% of the Oklahoma Earthquake Market June 6, 2016 At a May 24 hearing on the competitiveness of earthquake insurance coverage in Oklahoma state insurance regulators released data showing...
P/C Commercial Insurance Business Expected to Deteriorate June 6, 2016 Underwriting performance for the commercial lines sector of the U.S. property/casualty (P/C) insurance industry is likely to deteriorate in 2016,...