The Sarbanes-Oxley Act hasn't cleaned up the accounting practices of corporate America enough to improve loss costs for directors and officers liability insurers, an accounting expert said here yester

Combined ratios north of 130 for directors and officers insurance in the not-so-distant past haven't led underwriters to swear off the business, but they're picking their spots to try to turn a profit

In his letter to Congress on Dec. 13, J. Robert Hunter, president of the Consumer Federation of America, told lawmakers that the American Academy of Actuaries TRIA Subgroup "is not independent" from

Increased focus on increasing total return leaves Morgan Stanley bullish on p-c

Disputes over TRIA, malpractice issues are backdrop to wider transparency

A dozen Wall Street analysts are predicting an average combined ratio of 98 for 2006 for the property-casualty insurance industry, but it could be even better, according to the developer of the

On the attack is Consumer Federation of America Insurance Director Robert Hunter, who is challenging the objectivity of the American Academy of Actuaries, which recently presented findings to lawmaker

Claims payments by homeowners insurers in Louisiana for the hurricanes of 2005--expected to top $12.4 billion--exceeded premiums collected by the insurers in the last 25 years, the Insurance Information