While the number of program carriers expanded to at least four dozen in 2008, executives of program divisions say there's no shortage of program prospects coming their way to match the list of
A year after exporting his five-minute binding model for small accounts to California, a North Carolina managing general agent, confronting the realities of the 2008 market, is sharing his service
Munich Re's chief executive said his company is interested in reviewing some assets of American International Group for possible acquisition and that the credit crisis is already working to push up re
Ironshore CEO Robert Deutsch said that while "we're seeing incredible softness in the catastrophe property area," there are exceptions in the energy industry where some very large property per risk
Among them is Montpelier Re, a Class of 2001 Bermuda reinsurer, where executives of one-year-old specialty insurance operations say personal relationships within the company--and with customers--built
A year after exporting his five-minute binding model for small accounts to California, a North Carolina managing general agent, confronting the realities of the 2008 market, is selling his service
Although the term "stabilizing" has popped up in reports on insurance market conditions in the last two weeks, "unpredictable" was the more common word on the lips of E&S insurers and brokers heading
While worried American International Group policyholders were calling their brokers last week, a handful were comfortably sitting tight with recently renewed AIG directors and officers coverage and a
Early signs of trouble at American International Group--which drove the holding company to near bankruptcy this month--were behind the design of at least one type of D&O coverage response, long before
Excess and surplus lines insurers are dealing with the challenges of today's market conditions in a variety of ways--with strategies including global expansion, internal reorganization and product