Jayne Plunkett, possibly the second most well-known person from Iowa after Bill Bryson, heads Swiss Re’s International casualty reinsurance operations. In the interview she explains that, as you’re dealing with people, rather than nature, casualty coverage is a really a …
Lloyd’s CEO Richard Ward is stepping down from the post at the end of the year. Despite the catastrophes of 2005 and 2011, the two costliest years in the industry’s history, as well as the financial crisis, he leaves Lloyd’s …
After the risk managers expressed their views on how re/insurance carriers were handling such matters as innovation, new policies and claims handling at the Federation of European Risk Management Associations’ (FERMA) bi-annual forum, the carriers got a chance to respond. …
The insurance industry may have given the world a new word – “trialogue,” meaning a three way conversation. Oddly enough the first person to use it at the Federation of European Risk Management Associations’ (FERMA) recently concluded forum in the …
The bi-annual Risk Management Forum of the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) kicked off with a reception on Sunday night for the 1400 plus delegates at the MECC Conference Center in the Dutch city of Maastricht. FERMA got …
Jeff Kingsley, a partner in the law firm of Goldberg Segalla, specializes in the emerging and highly complex field of cyber liability and security, which requires explaining the difficult process of applying the long held givens of tangible property, i.e. …
James J. Wrynn, Esq. served as New York’s Superintendent of Insurance from 2009 to 2012, when he joined the law firm of Goldberg Segalla LLP, which specializes in insurance law. His knowledge and experience are both broad and deep, especially …
Stephen J.O. Catlin has led the company/group that bears his name since 1984. He’s seen it grow into the biggest syndicate at Lloyd’s with gross premiums written of $5.5 billion. He was the first to move the company’s domicile to …
Lloyd’s first six months results, released yesterday, were generally good. Profits were down slightly at £1.38 billion [[$2.222 billion] from £1.53 billion [$2.463 billion] for the first half of 2012, while gross written premiums rose 4.9 percent [3.3 percent when …
“Too much capacity chasing an insufficient amount of premium in both the downstream and upstream energy markets will cause a general softening of the energy market in the remainder of 2013,” according to to Willis latest Energy Market Review Newsletter. …
