Specialty
Wholesale Growth Is Cycle-Proof; Dual Distribution Has Failed: AIG’s Zaffino
Just a few days before the official start of the Wholesale & Specialty Insurance Association annual meeting in September, AIG's chief executive officer gave his take on the dominance of ...
Westfield Enters International Specialty Market With Purchase of Argo’s Lloyd’s Syndicate
Westfield said it has expanded into the international specialty insurance market by buying Lloyd's Syndicate 1200 from Argo Group International Holdings for about $125 million. The acquisition is ...
Underwriting No Longer Sole Path to Profit, Say Berkley Execs
While the days of cash flow underwriting are a distant memory for veteran insurance executives, the need for industry's more recent "preoccupation" with underwriting profit is starting to subside, ...
Liberty Mutual: Ironshore to Become Wholesale-Exclusive Brand
Liberty Mutual said it has repositioned its distribution strategy for specialty and excess & surplus products, making Ironshore a wholesale-exclusive brand. Going forward, all U.S. commercial, ...
It’s Over: Lasting Underwriting Profits in U.S. D&O Market Unlikely, Fitch Says
Three years of soaring directors and officers liability insurance prices pushed combined ratios down to the mid-to-high 90s, but new entrants and potential claims volatility may spell trouble for ...
Droughts, Floods, Other Water-Related Disasters Could Cost Economy $5.6T by 2050
Worsening droughts, storms and torrential rain in some of the world's largest economies could cause $5.6 trillion in losses to the global economy by 2050, according to a report released on Monday. ...
Marsh Launches First Dedicated Insurance for Hydrogen Projects
Broker Marsh, a unit of Marsh & McLennan, said on Monday it was launching the world's first dedicated insurance for hydrogen energy projects, as the nascent industry looks to scale up quickly in ...
NAIC Passes Pet Insurance Model Act
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has passed a Pet Insurance Model Act to establish appropriate regulatory standards for the growing pet insurance industry. "This model law ...