Hurricanes News

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:...

Earlybird Forecast

Fortunately for insurers, 2006 will likely feature far fewer screaming headlines announcing investigations into various insurance industry practices such as...

Earlybird Forecast

2006 looking good already for P/C industry Record catastrophe losses will weigh heavily on 2005’s underwriting results, according to the...

Business Moves

Redondo Beach, Calif.-based Bliss and Glennon Inc., a managing general agent and surplus lines broker, has launched a large property...