Would Insurers Be Better OffGiving Homeowners Coverage Away?The subject of this column is discounting and how insurers can use it to make a profit. Discounting ...
Stat Data To Be Abbreviated Several of the larger U.S. p-c companies rallied around a proposal that the National Council on Compensation Insurance and Insurance ...
Reaction Mixed To AIA Federal Charter PlanWashington Editor The property-casualty insurance industry remains sharply divided over state versus federal regulation in the wake of the ...
New Distribution Methods Costly: StudyA dramatic shift is afoot in the delivery of insurance products and servicesand higher acquisition costs are fueling a growing movement ...
Internet Personal Insurance SalesDominate Youthful Market In 2006, the Internet now accounts for nearly 40 percent of new and renewal transactions and nearly 80 ...
Captives Question Cayman 'Blacklist' PoliciesThe Cayman government, in its successful effort to get the country off a blacklist of money-laundering nations, might have gone too ...
Insurer Corporate Bond Holdings RisingIn the last five years, the general property-casualty insurer investment trends have moved toward non-treasury issues, said Thomas McDonald, managing director ...
Money Laundering 'Blacklist' The Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development recently identified "serious deficiencies" in Egypt, ...
Agents Expected To Develop Web PlansInsurance agents may step up Web initiatives as more carriers select alternative distribution channels to move their product, according to ...
Info-gathering Devices Produce Data Flood The smart chips and the satellites to upload the collected data routinely installed in cars, appliances, radios, CD players, phones ...