Vendors Automate Processing Tasks Like managing general agencies and wholesale brokers, there are a growing number of Web-based companies situated between retail agents and property-casualty ...
Cyberinsurers, Producers: Opportunists or Saviors? Since the introduction of cyberinsurance products roughly three years ago, articles have been written questioning the insurance industrys approach to ...
Tech Makes Fighting Fraud AffordableEveryone talks about insurance fraud, but nobody does anything about it--at least in cases where the claims are not significant.Sad to ...
N.Y. Agents Hit Dual Charters To The Editor: The Independent Insurance Agents Association of New York strongly opposes recent proposals to create a dual charter ...
Brokers Must Fulfill StandardsTo Deal Directly With Lloyds Beginning the process of becoming an accredited broker to Lloyds of London is as simple as filling ...
Asbestos Insurers Hike Reserves Some insurers are reacting to additional asbestos exposures by increasing reserve levels.In 1999, the insurers listed below increased their estimate of ...
Reinsurers May Be Spared Asbestos ClaimsUp until 1998, the U.S. insurance industry experienced a flat-to-slightly-decreasing trend in asbestos claims and payments, demonstrated by the fact ...
WC Prices To Keep Rising, Experts WarnOrlando, Fla. Risk managers should expect higher prices for workers' compensation insurance coverage for at least another year, a ...
Insurers Optimistic About Asbestos BillWashington In the wake of several major bankruptcies, insurance companies and business groups believe Congress might be ready to seriously consider ...
M&A Activity To Continue In Second-TierMuch has been written in recent years about the inevitable march of consolidation with ever-larger reinsurance groups.On the one hand, ...