A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to positive from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A-‘...
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HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. announced that W. Tobin Whamond, presently a managing director in Wachovia Capital Markets’ Mergers and Acquisitions...
Insurance Journal is on the search for the nation’s leading privately-held property casualty independent agencies and brokerages for its annual...
Warren Buffett criticized the government’s stress tests of 19 large U.S. banks, and said he would buy more shares of...
Being a big insurer will cost Berkshire Hathaway Inc. dearly when severe catastrophes strike, but it is a good place...
Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett says the company’s young bond insurance unit has not been writing much new business because...
The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers (the Big “I”) has awarded Alex Soto with the Woodworth Memorial Award, the highest...
Jack M. Rader, executive vice president and COO of Farmers Alliance Companies in McPherson, Kan., was elected chairman of the...
AIU Holdings Inc.’s Construction Risk Management Group launched a new product, the Contractor’s Commercial Prime Endorsement, which combines 21 coverage...
The Travelers Companies, Inc. net income for the first quarter of 2009 fell more than 30 percent to $662 million,...