Commercial Lines

American Agent & Broker columnist Chris Amrhein takes a look at the new product offerings developed to address the problem of bedbugs.

Chicago-based insurance broker Aon Corp. says its Aon Risk Solutions unit has opened a Hong Kong office for its new Asia-Pacific division of International Space Brokers.

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In mid-June Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings AG and Transatlantic Holdings Inc. announced a $3.2 billion merger deal, creating a global specialty insurer and reinsurer operating in 18 countries and on six continents.

Sixty-eight percent of adults disagree with the idea that local governments should charge accident response fees to individuals involved in traffic accidents, according to a new study from the Insurance Research Council (IRC).

California was the top state for cargo theft in 2010 with 247 incidences, followed by Texas, 91; and Florida, 66, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau. The bureau identified 747 cargo thefts nationwide worth $171 million.

The soft market remains firmly entrenched on the casualty side of the reinsurance business. But the property and catastrophe marketplace is a much different—and more unsettled—story.

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