Bernie Heinze, executive director of the King of Prussia, Pa.-based American Association of Managing General Agents, said Scottsdale's unspecified "leadership gift"--the biggest gift pledged to date--me

To ensure procedures that seem like harmless aesthetic treatments don't turn into costly cosmetic surgery nightmares for liability insurers, underwriters need to keep their eyes open and ask

The rating agency presented its conclusion--along with the finding that Bermuda insurers have paid income taxes at a rate roughly 15 points lower than the rate for U.S. companies--in a recently

Insurers pouring into the medi-spa liability market need to be wary of the potential for seemingly harmless cosmetic procedures to disfigure underwriting results with claims that can range from laser

James Auden, managing director of Fitch's North American insurance group in Chicago, said the stable outlook indicates the rating actions on Bermuda companies are expected to consist predominately of

The rating agency presented its conclusion--along with the finding that Bermuda insurers have paid income taxes at a rate roughly 15 points lower than the rate for U.S. companies--in a just-published re

"Some people are just in denial, saying rates are only off 5 percent, which is frankly disingenuous," he noted. "Others are saying it's the end of the world. It's not that either. The market is not

NAPSLO is set to spend nearly half-a-million dollars communicating the value of wholesale brokers to their customers, but the process has to start in individual wholesalers' offices, with actions as