How Much Credit Score Effect on Home Insurance Premiums Varies by State August 14, 2014 Homeowners with poor credit pay 91 percent more for homeowners’ insurance than people with excellent credit, according to a study...
Nationwide Mutual P/C Felt Pain of June Storms August 14, 2014 By Mark Hollmer Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.’s property/casualty arm performed solidly in the 2014 second quarter, despite the Polar Vortex and major storm...
FICO to Downplay Medical Debt in Credit Scores August 14, 2014 By Amrutha Gayathri and Emily Stephenson A move by personal credit score provider FICO to leave out or discount medical debt from its scores will boost...
Berkshire Hathaway Hires Two Sr. Execs from AIG Asia – WSJ Report August 14, 2014 Berkshire Hathaway has hired two senior executives from American International Group’s Asia operations to boost its insurance business in the...
CCRIF Says TS Bertha Triggered No Payouts to Members August 14, 2014 The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) has issued a bulletin, which notes that Tropical Storm Bertha’s passage east of...
ABIR Members Report 99% Insurance Contract Certainty Results August 14, 2014 The 15 participating members of the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR) reported a record high contract certainty rate...
Talanx Quarterly Profit Falls 19% on Lower Investment Income August 14, 2014 By Oliver Suess Talanx AG, Germany’s third-biggest insurer, said second-quarter profit dropped 19 percent on lower investment income. Net income declined to €165...
AIG’s 13-Year Wait Gets Longer as Modi Rebuffed: Corporate India August 14, 2014 By Anto Antony and George Smith Alexander American International Group Inc. has waited 13 years in India to raise its stake in a local venture from a...
Other Social Media Back Facebook in New York Privacy Case August 13, 2014 By Jennifer Peltz Facebook’s fight against prosecutors over nearly 400 search warrants for users’ postings and other data is drawing support from other...
More States Raise Speed Limits, but Not New Jersey August 13, 2014 By Donald Wittkowski, The Press of Atlantic City Motorists breezing through parts of Pennsylvania are now able to set their cruise control at 70 mph without having to...