How P/C Insurance Industry Fared in First Quarter July 21, 2015 The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry managed to improve its underwriting results and attain higher net investment income to produce a...
Update: PartnerRe Reverses Stance, Seeks Talks with Hostile Bidder EXOR July 21, 2015 By Sonali Basak PartnerRe Ltd., the reinsurer that agreed to merge with AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd., said it will enter negotiations with hostile...
Liberty Int’l Underwriters Names McCarthy as Head of Global Crisis Mgmt. Unit July 21, 2015 Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), a part of Liberty Mutual Insurance, has appointed Jane McCarthy as global senior vice president of...
M City: Where All Cars Are Driverless July 21, 2015 By Keith Naughton A simulated city opened Monday on the north campus of the University of Michigan to test how self-driving cars will...
Brazil Economy Challenges Re/Insurers; No Rating Impact Expected: A.M. Best July 21, 2015 As Brazil’s sovereign ratings hover just above non-investment grade status, A. M. Best said it is considering the effect a...
Talbot Appoints Sonville Managing Director, Montero Underwriting for Latin Am. July 21, 2015 Talbot Underwriting Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Validus Holdings, Ltd., announced the appointment of Luis Sonville as Managing Director...
How Agents View Agency Aggregators July 21, 2015 About a quarter of independent insurance agents say they work at a firm that belongs to an aggregator cluster. But...
Entire State of South Carolina Now Facing Some Level of Drought July 21, 2015 Modest rain and high temperatures this summer have pushed South Carolina into a drought. The South Carolina Drought Response Committee...
J.M. Wilson Adds Transportation Underwriter to South Carolina Office July 21, 2015 J.M. Wilson has added Kayley Dana to their Charleston, S.C., office as transportation underwriter. Dana is responsible for quoting new...
West Virginia Assessing Damage from Rain, Flooding July 21, 2015 Damage assessments are taking place in the 10 West Virginia counties that were drenched by torrential rain and flooding last...