What to Know About NARAB or National Producer Licensing: Bissett of Big ‘I’ October 3, 2013 By Andrew G. Simpson If and when the federal government resumes operations, a multistate producer licensing reform bill long pushed by the country’s insurance...
U.S. Risk, Western World Launch Private D&O, EPL, Fiduciary Liability Program October 3, 2013 U.S. Risk Pro, a division national MGA and surplus lines wholesaler U.S. Risk Insurance Group, Inc., and Western World Insurance...
Underwriting, Investment Gains Boosted P/C Insurers’ Bottom Line in First Half 2013 October 3, 2013 Private U.S. property/casualty insurers’ net income after taxes rose to $24.5 billion in first-half 2013 from $17.2 billion in first-half...
Tropical Storm Karen Forms in Gulf; Hurricane Watch in Effect October 3, 2013 Tropical storm Karen, the 11th named storm of the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season, has formed over the southeastern Gulf of...
Improving Meadowbrook Ends Reinsurance Deal with Swiss Re October 3, 2013 Meadowbrook Insurance Group Inc. and Swiss Re have mutually agreed to terminate a quota-share reinsurance agreement that was put in...
Court Grants BP Review of Disputed Claims Paid to Gulf Oil Spill Victims October 3, 2013 By Jef Feeley and Margaret Cronin Fisk BP Plc persuaded an appeals court to order a re-examination of key terms of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil-spill...
Insurer, Cargo Firm Sue FAA Over Payments for Military Crash in Afghanistan October 3, 2013 By Andrew Zajac National Air Cargo Group Inc. and its insurer sued the U.S. for breach of contract, saying the government failed to...
Michael Jackson Wrongful Death Case to Change Tune for Entertainment Insurance October 2, 2013 By Sue Zeidler When Britney Spears takes the stage this December for the first of a heavily hyped 100-show two-year residency at Planet...
Researchers Question Privacy of Usage-Based Auto Insurance October 2, 2013 By Don Jergler A study by a handful of university professors in Colorado claims user-based insurance tracking programs installed in millions of vehicles...
Guy Carpenter Launches Specialty Practice for Excess and Surplus Lines Carriers October 2, 2013 Guy Carpenter & Co., a global risk and reinsurance intermediary specialist and member of Marsh & McLennan Cos., announced the...