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Southeast Schools Hoping to Fill Need for Insurance Cybersecurity Experts
Apr 20 2015 // The insurance industry, like other businesses, has come to realize it needs to do more to protect its companies, customers, employees and portfolios from cyber threats. Cyber-savvy professionals are in high-demand and are...
TigerRisk Partners Appoints Ursano President
Apr 17 2015 // TigerRisk Partners LLC, the reinsurance broking and risk/capital management firm, announced that it has appointed Tony Ursano, a veteran investment banker and reinsurance expert, as its President. He will help “grow...
Hot Insurance Markets for 2015
Apr 14 2015 // This year’s “Hot Markets” report for property/casualty insurance agents and brokers includes some not-so-usual suspects along with tried-and-true markets enjoying growth. Insurance Journal examined...
Nonstandard Auto Insurance Market Is Not For Everybody
Apr 13 2015 // The nonstandard auto market is not for every carrier or agency. Since 2007, carriers writing nonstandard auto policies have reported deteriorating operating performance and many have struggled to maintain market share. But...
How Another Country’s Insurance Industry Is Facing Climate Change
Apr 9 2015 // Tim Grafton, chief executive of the Insurance Council of New Zealand, lives in a country surrounded by risk on all sides, and he’s unabashed in his efforts to use flooding events, frequent storms or other...
ASEAN Open Market Will Benefit Region’s Insurance Industry: Best’s Report
Apr 9 2015 // While the planned year-end timeline for 10 Southeast Asia nations forging ahead under a single, open economic market appears to be slipping, the region’s insurance industry has reached common ground on the benefits...
NEW CEO of CAP Dealing with Changing Med Mal Market
Apr 8 2015 // A potentially hardening market and a paradigm shift in how healthcare is delivered are just two issues Sarah Pacini has had to face since her first day on the job. Pacini is CEO of Los Angeles, Calif.-based Cooperative of...
How to Improve Insurance Industry Ethics
Apr 8 2015 // Support from leaders at the top of organizations is the key to improving the ethical climate in the insurance industry, according to a new survey of industry professionals. Punishing bad actors is one of the least...
Solvency II Staggers Towards Finish Line: a Retrospective Analysis
Apr 7 2015 // It’s been a long process, but, according to Paul Fisher, deputy head of the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), who supervises insurance and regulatory risk, the introduction of the...
Insurance Industry Says Cyber Threat Database Needed
Apr 6 2015 // Cyber insurance is one of the fastest growing property/casualty insurance markets. But the sector remains the Wild West of risk prevention, a fast moving target with rapidly-evolving risk portfolios, along with losses and...
IICF Club100 in Hollywood Recognized Insurance Pros for Charity
Apr 6 2015 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation’s Club100 event at the Avalon Hollywood in Hollywood, Calif., on March 30 drew more than 200 industry professionals to help raise funds for charity. The annual IICF event...
Google Takes the Wheel
Apr 6 2015 // When Google stepped into the insurance ring last month, the industry took note. Some said agents and the insurance industry should be concerned. Others said Google Compare, as the new service is named, is nothing new in...
PERILS Updates Insurance Industry Exposure Database & Adds Austria
Apr 1 2015 // Catastrophe insurance data provider PERILS AG announced the release of the 2015 update for its Industry Exposure Database (IED), “contains updated market-wide property sums insured for European windstorm for the...
Intygral – New Leadership, New Corporate Name with A Fresh Vision for Insurance Industry Digital Marketing System
Mar 25 2015 // New Identity Reflects Increased Focus on Expanding Collaboration and Successful Partnerships with Insurance Agencies Warwick, RI, March 25, 2015 – More than 70 percent of consumers turn to the Internet first – via...
UK Report Highlights Role of Insurance in Managing, Mitigating Cyber Risk
Mar 24 2015 // Last year 81 percent of large UK businesses and 60 percent of small companies suffered a cyber security breach. In response to this increasing threat, a report published by the UK government and Marsh, one of the...
Vertafore Gathers Leading Agencies and Carriers For The Insurance Industry’s Leading Technology Conference, NetVU 2015
Mar 23 2015 // Over 3,000 Insurance Professionals Meet in Indianapolis To See Vertafore’s Latest Innovations Designed to Accelerate Growth For The Entire Insurance Ecosystem Bothell, WA, March 23, 2015 – Vertafore®, the leading...
Hot Markets for 2015
Mar 23 2015 // Insurance Journal examined industries experiencing changes and expansions in the past year. Here are the top market sectors that just might deliver hot opportunities for agents and brokers in the property/casualty...
IICF Club100 in Hollywood Recognized Insurance Pros for Charity
Mar 20 2015 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation’s Club100 event at the Avalon Hollywood in Hollywood, Calif. on Thursday night drew more than 200 industry professionals to help raise funds for charity. The annual IICF...
Willis Re Introduces Suite of Flood Analytics for Canada Insurance Market
Mar 20 2015 // Willis Re, the reinsurance division of Willis Group Holdings plc, has unveiled a new suite of flood solutions offering analytical capabilities that will enable insurers to proactively manage Canada flood...
It’s Time for Insurance Reform in Louisiana
Mar 17 2015 // Louisiana is vulnerable to extreme weather and natural catastrophes in ways only a few other states experience. By all indications, that exposure will only grow worse, as a combination of sea rise, erosion and subsidence...
