Pronouncements by analysts about soft casualty insurance prices are based on inaccurate broker surveys and are overblown, a top insurer told the Annual Executive Conference for the Property-Casualty
Donald Kramer, chairman and chief executive officer of Bermuda-based Ariel Reinsurance, made his comments at an industry meeting here in response to remarks last week by William Berkley, CEO of Green
Donald Kramer, chairman and CEO of Bermuda-based Ariel Reinsurance, speaking at an industry meeting here, said he believes "rating agencies need to be more transparent and possibly come under some for
"When you look at regulation in the United States and some other places, you realize how dysfunctional [and] how hostile regulation is outside Bermuda," said Donald Kramer, chairman and chief executiv
NEW YORK--The head of a U.S. property-casualty insurer is so incensed about tax advantages foreign competitors have over U.S. counterparts that he's set a personal goal to have the situation changed, h
Discussions in reinsurance meetings at Monte Carlo and Baden Baden, along with the Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers annual conference, indicate "renewals will be orderly and not acrimonious,"
Ted Kelly, chairman and chief executive officer of Boston-based Liberty Mutual, told his audience that one of their biggest challenges is breaking from a commodity-based business model--akin to one
The third quarter may have been easy, with Bermuda companies reporting an average annualized return of 20 percent, but Bermuda executives still needed to answer a lot of tough questions during recent
An insurance oversight system that would have a centralized federal regulator handling some lines of business, while state insurance commissioners maintain control over others, was suggested here by