Southeast’s Top Stories: Disasters That Happened and 1 That Didn’t December 23, 2010 By Andrew G. Simpson The top insurance stories in the Southeast in 2010 included several disasters that caused considerable death and destruction in the...
Insurers’ Recent Success a Milestone in a Year of Chinese Drywall Litigation December 23, 2010 A federal judge in Louisiana recently let 10 insurance companies being sued by Louisiana homeowners over property damage resulting from...
12 Days of Riskmas: An Insurance Broker’s Story December 23, 2010 In giving her Christmas gifts for 12 straight days, a true love inspires his girlfriend to build a whole new...
USI Acquires Mastors & Servant in Rhode Island December 23, 2010 New York-based USI Holdings has closed on its acquisition of Mastors & Servant Risk Services, a Rhode Island-based brokerage that...
Democratic Congress Productive But Unpopular December 23, 2010 Perhaps never before has a U.S. Congress done more and been liked less than the one controlled by President Barack...
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...
SPECIAL REUTERS REPORT: Inside AIG’s Tortuous Turnaround December 22, 2010 By David Lawder and Paritosh Bansal During a rainstorm in Washington in early 2009, amid the furor over Wall Street’s post-bailout bonuses, an American International Group...
Health Insurers Face New Scrutiny Over Price Hikes December 22, 2010 By Susan Heavey U.S. health insurance companies that want to increase premiums by 10 percent or more next year would face tougher government...
Top Brokers, Munich Re Pool Efforts to Expand Insurance for Oil Drilling December 22, 2010 By Ben Berkowitz and Jonathan Gould The world’s top three insurance brokers have joined reinsurer Munich Re to promote a major expansion in risk coverage for...
Big ‘I’ Markets, ARMR Launch Storage Tank Product December 22, 2010 The Independent Agents and Brokers of America Big “I” Markets launched a new insurance policy option with American Risk Management...