Insurance Analysts to Question Buffett at Berkshire’s Annual ‘Woodstock’ May 2, 2012 By Ben Berkowitz Warren Buffett is not one to talk much about his personal life in public, but his prostate cancer may dominate...
Earnings Report: PartnerRe May 2, 2012 By Charles E. Boyle Selected earnings highlights from PartnerRe for the first quarter of 2012 are as follows: Q1 2012 Q1 2011 Gross premiums...
Geneva Association Reminds Federal Reserve Insurers Aren’t Banks May 2, 2012 The Swiss-based insurance think tank Geneva Association has followed up on its recent report as to whether or not some...
Willis Capital Reports Strong Growth in Cat Bond Market; $1.3 Billion in Q1 May 2, 2012 The latest Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS) Market Update from Willis Capital Markets & Advisory (WCMA), part of global insurance broker Willis...
Lexington Launches Technology Contract Risk Policy May 2, 2012 Lexington Insurance Co. has introduced a technology contract risk policy called Parity.Parity protects organizations from potential losses and expenses resulting...
Willis Re Appoints Welsch to Central Reinsurance Team May 2, 2012 Willis Re, the reinsurance arm of Willis Group Holdings, has appointed Andrea Welsch to the position of Executive Director, effective...
Reuters Columnist James Saft on Europe’s Credit Crunch; Bank Capital May 2, 2012 By James Saft Europe looks to be entering a credit crunch, with loans harder to get and those that are made coming on...
South Carolina Coast Bracing for Next Wildfire May 2, 2012 By Bruce Smith Pat Henry will long remember that April night when the western horizon glowed an eerie red, smoking embers cascaded from...
More Families Building Their Own Tornado Shelters May 2, 2012 By Holbrook Mohr, Jim Salter and Phillip Rawls When deadly twisters chewed through the South and Midwest in 2011, thousands of people in the killers’ paths had nowhere...
Oklahoma Governor Signs Firefighter Training Incentive Legislation May 2, 2012 Legislation signed into law by Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin will improve on a current training incentive for firefighters, according to...