A rise in reinsurance costs, insurance capacity shortages from Hurricane Katrina and a shift in catastrophe modeling services have reduced availability of earthquake damage coverage, an insurance brok
J. Robert Hunter, Director of Insurance for the Consumer Federation of America, said industry figures "provide continuing evidence that the skyrocketing insurance rates of 2000 to 2003 have led to rec
The owner of a firm using predictive modeling to locate baseball talent told a recent meeting of insurance actuaries that a key challenge they face is getting their management to invest in and support
If the use of consumer credit records for underwriting is banned, insurers will need to develop new evaluation techniques to help them assess risks, actuaries were told at a recent industry conference
Aon said the transaction in addition to the $85 million for the group also involves the transfer of approximately $300 million of unearned premium and claim reserves currently on the books of Virginia
The W.R. Berkley Corporation reported third-quarter net income rose 42 percent, driven by a sharp rise in net investment income and a combined ratio of ...
Once Eliot Spitzer is elected governor of New York, who do you think he will pick to be insurance superintendent? What qualifications should this individual ...
Once Eliot Spitzer is elected governor of New York, who do you think he will pick to be insurance superintendent? What qualifications should this individual ...
Florida Peninsula filed a rate increase with the Office of Insurance Regulation in April to increase its rates by a statewide average of 91 percent and began imposing the rates prior to obtaining Offi
The race to fill the post being vacated by Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi, who is running for lieutenant governor, pits Democratic Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante against Republican entrepreneur Steve