Employer Health Insurance Mandate Delayed Until 2015 July 3, 2013 By Alex Wayne and Mike Dorning The Obama administration will delay a crucial provision of its signature health care law, giving businesses an extra year to...
Zurich’s Broker Relationship Leader Moves to Berkshire Hathaway Specialty July 3, 2013 Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance — the new commercial P/C insurance unit of Berkshire Hathaway — appointed Lori Spoon Rafkin as...
Assurant Finalizes 2013 P/C Reinsurance Program July 2, 2013 Assurant, Inc., a provider of specialized insurance and insurance-related products and services, has finalized the structure of the company’s 2013...
AXIS Names Pesce Director for Surety in U.S. July 2, 2013 Bermuda-based specialty lines in surer AXIS Capital Holdings Limited has named David Pesce as director of Surety for AXIS Insurance....
U.S. Fights Growing Wildfire Threat with Shrinking Budget July 2, 2013 By Daniel Trotta The tragedy came without warning. Wind split the Arizona wildfire in two, trapping 19 firefighters from the Granite Mountain Hotshots...
Willis Group Promotes Jones to CEO of North America Unit July 2, 2013 Insurance broker Willis Group Holdings plc promoted Todd Jones to chief executive officer of Willis North America, the company’s largest...
Drugmakers Work on Safer Painkillers as Opioid Abuse Epidemic Rages July 2, 2013 By Samuel Adams Backed by a U.S. campaign to slow abuse of prescription painkillers, drugmakers are devising new forms of the medicines that...
U.S. Property Cat Re Prices Down, Casualty Softening: Willis Re July 2, 2013 Reinsurers are taking “robust defensive measures to maintain market positions recently eroded by new capital markets entrants,” with prices down...
Brown & Brown Completes Beecher Carlson Acquisition July 1, 2013 Brown & Brown Inc. said it has completed the previously-announced acquisition of Beecher Carlson Holdings Inc. In May, Florida-based Brown...
Court Dismisses Class Action Status in Google Digital Books Case for Now July 1, 2013 By Jonathan Stempel A federal appeals court on Monday said a lawsuit against Google Inc.’s effort to create the world’s largest digital books...