Boston Marathon Attacks Convinced Smaller, Midsized Firms to Buy Terror Insurance April 17, 2014 By Prashant Gopal, Christopher Condon and Jack Fairweather For landlord Peter Zagorianakos, terrorism insurance wasn’t a necessity until the bombs went off last April at the Boston Marathon...
South Carolina Looks to Increase Home Mitigation Funding April 17, 2014 By Michael Adams South Carolina lawmakers are moving forward with a plan to increase grants to homeowners who strengthen their homes against storm...
Broker/Insurer Combo Launch Food and Beverage Industry Contamination Coverage April 17, 2014 Willis Group Holdings has announced the launch of a new product contamination insurance proposition, in partnership with XL Group, Willis...
Mexico Broker AER Joins Brokerslink in Expansion Move April 17, 2014 Independent insurance broker network Brokerslink announced that it has gained a new member in the key Monterrey corporate market in...
Sompo Japan, Nipponkoa Looking for Growth beyond Traditional Assets April 17, 2014 By Hideyuki Sano and Hirotoshi Sugiyama Sompo Japan Insurance and Nipponkoa Insurance are already acting as one entity ahead of their merger in September. They’ve announced...
Willis Exec Warns Mutual Insurers Face Increasing ‘Pricing Pressure’ April 17, 2014 According to David Thomas, CEO of Market Services & Solutions at Willis, Mutual insurers face increasing pricing pressure so must...
Poland’s PZU to Pay $498 Million for RSA’s Eastern European Units April 17, 2014 By Marta Waldoch PZU SA, central Europe’s largest insurer by market value, agreed to buy RSA Insurance Group Plc’s four units in the...
UPDATE: So. Korean Divers Search for Ferry Survivors; Re/Insurers Identified April 17, 2014 By Sam Kim, Cynthia Kim and Eunkyung Seo South Korean President Park Geun Hye arrived at the site where a ferry sank yesterday, as divers battled high waves...
Beazley Enhances Worldwide Breach Response Services April 16, 2014 Beazley has enhanced its Beazley Breach Response (BBR) product to include expanded privacy breach response services and broader coverage The...
Dovetail Insurance Expands Workers Comp Product to Five Additional States April 16, 2014 Dovetail Insurance, a supplier of cloud-based insurance product delivery services, has expanded its NetComp workers’ compensation insurance to independent agents...