Hurricanes News

News Currents

Lloyd’s urges end to U.S. insurance ‘protectionism’ The U.S. should remove existing trade barriers to permit foreign reinsurers to lend...

News Currents

2006 hurricane preparations top Mississippi’s legislative agenda PCI pushing for stronger building codes Enacting and enforcing a strong statewide building...

Earlybird Forecast

Record catastrophe losses will weigh heavily on 2005’s underwriting results, according to the Insurance Information Institute’s Earlybird Forecast Survey, but...

Editor’s Note: Springing Back

Despite losses from the 2005 hurricane season, property and casualty insurance company failures de-clined 44 percent from the previous year....

Aging baby boomers will mean more

rehabilitation centers. E&S market ready for some uncertainty Some price hardening possible due to hurricanes; new opportunities seen in housing...

News Currents

Parties far apart on Mass. homeowners’ residual market rates Hearings to decide rates for the homeowners’ insurance residual market in...

News Currents

Surplus Line Market: Speculations for 2006 Experts agree. The surplus lines market remains alive, healthy and stable. Who can argue...

Editor’s Note: Sea change

One decried a system in which wealthy waterfront property owners are being subsidized by less affluent property owners and taxpayers:...