2010’s Top Insurance Stories in the West December 23, 2010 By Patricia-Anne Tom In 2009, independent insurance agents and brokers faced a “perfect storm” with the economic downturn, premiums at a fraction of...
2 Years After Ike Texas Coastal Residents Still Filing Claims December 22, 2010 Windstorm claims from Hurricane Ike continue to be reported more than two years after the storm made landfall. The Texas...
Hundreds Victim to California Rainstorms December 22, 2010 Following a series of powerful storms that brought heavy, record-setting rain, snow and high winds to California, insurers report their...
California Rain Shatters Records; More Coming December 21, 2010 By John Rogers A storm walloped parts of California with up to 7 inchesof rain and spawned minor flooding, mudslides and road closures...
Insurance Vital to Alabama Coast Long-Term Plan, Says Commission December 21, 2010 By Andrew G. Simpson Coastal Alabama should seize the BP Gulf oil disaster as an opportunity for “resiliency planning” that will not only help...
Fact or Fiction? Insurance Tidbits of Known and Little-Known Information December 20, 2010 Have you ever wondered what big events helped shape regulation of the current U.S. insurance industry? Or if drivers of...
Reader’s Choice December 20, 2010 By Andrea Wells Never lose sight of what the reader wants. That has been the motto for Insurance Journal throughout its 85-year history...
Business Moves December 20, 2010 Ryan Specialty Group, Oakbridge R-T Specialty LLC, the wholesale brokerage unit of Ryan Specialty Group LLC, acquired Bloomfield, Conn.-based Oakbridge...
Aon Benfield Releases Annual Cat Report; Insured Losses at $38 Billion December 17, 2010 Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon Corporation, has released its Annual Global Climate and Catastrophe...
Droughts, Floods, Snow and Cold Hit Global Commodities December 15, 2010 By Jim Regan Droughts and deluges in Australia, snow in Europe and cold snaps in the United States are pushing up prices of...