E&S/Specialty

Insurers: We Won't Drop Contingent FeesTop executives call incentive compensation critical to reward sales excellenceBy Mark RuquetNew YorkContingency fees will remain part of the ...

Eight Ex-Marsh ExecutivesIndicted In Bid-Rig ProbesAfter close to a year of civil litigation and plea bargain deals, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer last ...

Disputes Over KatrinaCoverage Are InevitableBy Randy J. ManiloffThe pictures of destruction and despair caused by Hurricane Katrina are incomprehensible. While each picture may be ...

Catastrophe Modeling For Specialized RisksModels estimate losses for glass and other building components, as well as high-value propertiesInsurers of property lines have long benefited ...

Pre-Katrina, Rates Kept FallingBefore Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast--perhaps causing a record insured loss of over $20 billion--the property-casualty market continued to soften ...

And The Winner Is...When we launched the "National Underwriter Commercial Insurance Agency Of The Year" award program in 2002, our goal was to call ...

Marsh Sells CrumpTo Private Equity FirmBy Mark E. RuquetMarsh has signed an agreement to sell its wholesale brokerage operation--Crump Group Inc.--to an affiliate of ...

Insurers Face Ballooning Katrina LossesAdjusters hit the ground, with insured damages reaching as high as $35 billionBy Mark e. ruquetInsured loss estimates continued to ...