Articles by Megan Hickey

Meadowbrook Estimates Impairment at $115.4 Million After Downgrade

Meadowbrook Insurance Group Inc., the insurer whose rating was cut by A.M. Best Co. this month, took a provisional impairment of $115.4 million as of June 30 after a review tied to the downgrade. The figure could be revised, the …

Progressive Finds 40% of Drivers Say ‘No Way’ to Driver Tracking Product

Progressive Corp., the fourth-largest U.S. auto insurer, is searching for the right message to attract customers to a product that tracks a person’s driving to set rates, Chief Executive Officer Glenn Renwick said. Surveys of prospective Snapshot users have shown …

Transportation Insurer National Interstate Posts Surprise Loss

National Interstate Corp., the insurer majority owned by American Financial Group Inc., plunged the most since 2008 after reserves for claims in prior periods proved inadequate, fueling a surprise quarterly loss. National Interstate, which insures transportation providers, fell 18 percent …

New Capital Pushing Cat Reinsurance Prices Down 5-15%: Ace’s Greenberg

Ace Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Evan Greenberg said the influx of Wall Street capital into the reinsurance industry is pressuring rates and that he is prepared to cut sales of backstop coverage. Prices for catastrophe reinsurance have declined about 5 …

Progressive Premium Revenue Climbs, Profit More Than Doubles

Progressive Corp., the fourth- largest U.S. auto insurer, said profit more than doubled as premium revenue climbed after the company raised rates for coverage. But the insurer declined in New York trading as the results missed analysts’ estimates and growth …

N.Y.’s Call for Moratorium on Life Insurance Captives Questioned by NAIC

National Association of Insurance Commissioners President Jim Donelon questioned the need for a countrywide halt on approvals of captive insurance deals one day after New York’s regulator said the transactions hide risk. “I don’t see an obvious need for such …