Commercial Lines Pricing Jumps 6% in Q2: Towers Watson September 10, 2012 Commercial insurance prices experienced the largest rise in eight years, a new industry survey reveals. In aggregate, commercial lines pricing...
Report: Wildfires Pose Risk to Three-Quarter-Million Western U.S. Homes September 10, 2012 By Don Jergler More than three-quarters of a million homes in the Western U.S. have a high risk of wildfire damage, according to...
Asia’s Insurers Hiring While Bankers Face the Axe September 10, 2012 By Clare Baldwin Slowing economic growth across much of Asia has failed to crimp expansion plans by the region’s insurance companies, even as...
Commentary: World Economy Entering Into Financial Hurricane Season September 7, 2012 By Anatole Kaletsky The North Atlantic hurricane season runs from mid-August to October, with a strong peak in storm activity around the middle...
U.S. Weather Forecaster Downgrades El Nino Impact September 7, 2012 The U.S. government forecaster has issued its most definitive report since first raising the El Niño alert three months ago,...
Most Unusual Pet Insurance Claims of the Year September 6, 2012 A dog that got bitten by a turtle, a hound found literally hanging around the barbecue grill and a cat...
Aon Benfield Report Highlights Growth of Insurance-linked Securities September 6, 2012 Catastrophe bond issuance for the last 12 months – June 2011 to June 2012 – rose to $6.43 billion –...
Report Finds Less than 10% of Global Insurers Using ‘App’ Strategy September 6, 2012 A report by Swiss research company MyPrivateBanking concludes that while the “mobile app revolution” has reached the insurance industry, adoption...
Swiss Re Report Analyzes Rise in Flood Losses – $15 Billion and Counting September 6, 2012 A new report from Swiss Re underscores the fact the “insured flood losses have increased from $1–2 billion in 1970...
Personal Lines Rates Inch Up in August: MarketScout September 5, 2012 Rates for personal lines insurance rose 3 percent in August 2012 compared to rates in August 2011, reported the national...