BP’s Gulf Spill Costs Look Manageable 8 Months Later December 31, 2010 By Chris Kahn As the Gulf oil spill gushed out of control, BP’s financial liabilities seemed big enough to sink the company. No...
Willis Re: Overcapacity Keeps Renewal Rates in Reinsurance Down December 31, 2010 “Overcapitalization in the reinsurance market continues to gradually push rates downwards with price reductions at the January 1, 2011 reinsurance...
2011 Outlook: Too Much Capacity + Stagnant Demand = a Soft Market December 31, 2010 By Charles E. Boyle A quick, and as yet incomplete, survey of re/insurance industry leaders indicates that the main concern they will have to...
New Year’s Day Top Working Holiday for Car Thieves December 28, 2010 While Americans are enjoying the holidays and most have time off from work, holidays are just another day at the...
Property, Violent Crimes Decline in U.S. in First Half 2010: FBI December 20, 2010 The nation experienced a 6.2 percent decrease in the number of violent crimes and a 2.8 percent decline in the...
Why Top Performing Agencies Focus on Compensation Expenses December 20, 2010 By Jim Cuprisin There are a lot of performance benchmarks to focus on to become a top performing insurance agency and to achieve...
2010 Insurance Entrepreneurial Award Winners Selected December 20, 2010 When it comes to innovation in the insurance industry, Ace Private Risk Services, Work at Home Vintage Employees (WAHVE) and...
Study: Texting Bans Don’t Reduce Crashes December 17, 2010 It’s illegal to text while driving in most U.S. states yet a new study finds such bans do not reduce...
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...
ABI Warns UK Skiers on Risks of Expensive Medical Bills December 17, 2010 The UK may not have a lot of mountains, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have a lot of people...