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, ...
Insurers Eye Supply Chain ManagementSupply chain management is the automation and integration of business processes among suppliers, vendors and consumers to bring a product or ...
Calif. Lawmakers MisfireAgain On WC Reform Bill For the third consecutive year, California lawmakers are debating a workers' compensation reform bill that might very ...
Regional Growth Forecasts Shift,With North America Leading The WayThe world reinsurance marketplace, as St. Paul Re first estimated in research reported in 1998, will approximately ...
Mutual Regulatory Recognition RequiredYou would expect international insurance and reinsurance to be at the forefront of liberalization in the worlds economic system. Reinsurance, in particular, ...
Diversification Alters Bermuda MarketBermuda Correspondent In the second half of the 1990s, when soft insurance pricing had begun to take on the feel of a ...