O'Connor is the Southeast editor for Insurance Journal and associate editor of MyNewMarkets.com.
May 6, 2013
Superstorm Sandy may not have hardened the insurance market, but it has changed the way underwriters view the Northeast, a view that catastrophe models will reflect going forward. According to NAPCO’s Spring 2013 State of the Market Report, underwriters and …
April 11, 2013
Proposed federal and state gun legislation is having an unintended effect on growth in the gun insurance market across the country. Experts in this segment say new policy submissions dealing with all aspects of guns, including gun shops, gun dealers …
April 10, 2013
Willis has started a new practice group called Willis Open to help public entities and corporate businesses build alliances with minority-owned business enterprises (MBE) and women-owned business enterprises (WBE). The company said that Kimberly Waller and Phillip Styles have come …
April 8, 2013
The medical community’s recognition of addiction as a disease has changed the way providers diagnose and treat the condition. As a result, facilities like alcohol and drug rehabilitation centers have had to expand the services they provide, which has led …
March 29, 2013
ProAssurance Corp., a specialty writer of professional liability insurance, and the Cooperative of American Physicians, Inc. (CAP) are partnering to offer a new liability protection product, CAPAssurance, for hospitals and other medical facilities in California. CAPAssurance will use the same …
March 11, 2013
Cosmetic damage from wind and hail to homeowner and commercial properties may no longer be covered if insurers opt to use new policy endorsements – one for homeowners and another for commercial roofs. Two organizations that standardize forms and policies …
March 11, 2013
Cosmetic damage from wind and hail to homeowner and commercial properties may no longer be covered if insurers opt to use new policy endorsements – one for homeowners and another for commercial roofs. Two organizations that standardize forms and policies …
March 7, 2013
Cosmetic damage from wind and hail to homeowner and commercial properties may no longer be covered if insurers opt to use new endorsements, one for homeowners and another for commercial roofs, that are becoming available. The two organizations that standardize …
February 11, 2013
Claims from the real estate and financial meltdown of 2008 are finally catching up to carriers in the lawyers professional liability marketplace, pushing rates up and eventually forcing out the short-term players. Professional liability rates overall were up 4 percent …
January 28, 2013
The rehabilitation of Calif.-based Home Value Insurance Co. (HVIC) has ended and the corporation has been dissolved by order of the Franklin County, Ohio Court of Common Pleas, where the company was domiciled. According to the motion filed Dec. 21, …