Commercial Lines

Non-public property and casualty insurance carriers are reporting continued rate increases as direct premium written increased about 4 percent in 2011 compared to paltry growth of less than 1 percent in 2010, according to a report from SNL Financial.

Non-public property and casualty insurance carriers are reporting continued rate increases as direct premium written increased about 4 percent in 2011 compared to paltry growth of less than 1 percent in 2010, according to a report from SNL Financial.

I.I.I. President Robert Hartwig on industry surplus, Brown & Brown Chairman and acting President and CEO J. Hyatt Brown on the state of the market, and more.

I.I.I. President Robert Hartwig on industry surplus, Brown & Brown Chairman and acting President and CEO J. Hyatt Brown on the state of the market, and more.

Chubb Corp. says the first quarter saw renewal rate increases across the board in U.S. commercial and specialty lines while first quarter net income for 2012 fell slightly to $506 million.

UPDATED! PC360 decided to take a look at the oldest insurers in the United Statesa journey that has led to some interesting findings about the birth of insurance in this country.

On April 15, 1912 the RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on its maiden voyage to New York. National Underwriter was there to write about the insurance implications.

Marsh presented to Lloyds of London the original insurance slip for the RMS Carpathia, the ship that rescued more than 700 survivors from the RMS Titanic, after she sank 100 years ago.