April 20, 2015
Guy Carpenter has announced the launch of its Public Sector Specialty Practice, utilizing a global team focused exclusively on the unique risk management needs of governmental agencies and entities. “Approximately 73 percent, or $2.7 trillion of natural catastrophe losses globally …
April 20, 2015
Florida-based workers’ compensation outsourcing services firm Patriot National Inc. has acquired Vikaran Solutions, a Chicago-based insurance technology company, and its Pune, India-based software development center, MPCS. The company said total purchase price for both entities is approximately $10 million. The …
April 20, 2015
We gave you the questions on Friday; you have had all weekend to ponder your responses. Here are the answers for which you have been waiting. Good luck, we hope you do well. 1. What country was the first to …
April 20, 2015
Qatar Re reported net income of $16 million in 2014, compared to $0.5 million in the previous year, just two years after the Company’s strategic repositioning as a global reinsurer. Gross written premiums increased by 60 percent to $536 million …
April 20, 2015
As many as 700 migrants were feared dead on Sunday after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean, raising pressure on Europe to face down anti-immigrant bias and find money for support as turmoil in Libya and the Middle East worsens …
April 20, 2015
A.M. Best announced the establishment of a new office in Singapore as part of its continuing growth in the Asia Pacific Region, as the economies of the countries located there continue to expand. Best said the office would “offer internationally …
April 20, 2015
Willis Group Holdings plc’s Rafal Walkiewicz and Michael Guo, who were promoted last week to lead the investment-banking operation, are focusing on Asia as they vie with Wall Street in advising insurance takeovers. The co-chief executive officers are leading a …
April 20, 2015
Alpha Natural Resources Inc, a struggling U.S. coal company, may be forced to buy costly new insurance or otherwise ensure it can cover obligations for cleaning up any abandoned mines, according to officials in West Virginia. Alpha has been allowed …
April 20, 2015
The Council of Ministers of Finance of Central America, Panama and the Dominican Republic (COSEFIN) and CCRIF SPC (formerly the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) have signed a memorandum of understanding that enables Central American countries to formally join the …
April 20, 2015
An 88-year-old Mississippi physician, who has faced scrutiny because he was practicing medicine from his car, said after a meeting with regulators that he now expects to be able to continue seeing patients. Dr. Frazier Landrum talked to reporters after …