Agents Expected To Develop Web PlansInsurance agents may step up Web initiatives as more carriers select alternative distribution channels to move their product, according to ...
Info-gathering Devices Produce Data Flood The smart chips and the satellites to upload the collected data routinely installed in cars, appliances, radios, CD players, phones ...
Equitas Boosts AsbestosReserves By 27 Percent London Editor During the past year, Equitas strengthened undiscounted asbestos reserves, gross of reinsurance, by 1.7 billion ($2.4 ...
Acquisitions Hit Record Pace;Outstripped By De-Acquisitions After last years record high number of insurance company acquisitions, the industry is on track to set a ...
Future Shock: Top Ten Stories of 2005Organizations and individuals routinely modify their views of the world, their perceptions, and their actions based on the news ...
Jury Awards Skyrocket in 2005 Class action cases have continued to account for huge dollar settlements and judgments this year, with class actions totaling $100 ...
Tech Concerns Fade Among Global InsurersLondon EditorVienna, Austria The challenge of technology and e-commerce is no longer the most pressing concern facing insurance industry executives ...
Commercial Rate RegulationFor Middle Market Accounts Moves To Washington Following several years of federal solvency regulation being superimposed on state rate regulation, the threshold ...
Claims Data Standards SoughtA joint claims standard initiative involving the Risk and Insurance Management Society and ACORD will be announced this week designed to improve ...
Underwriting Cycle Heads South Again Following a three-year gentle recovery from the 1990s soft market for insurance, analysts observed that prices began to decline again ...