Articles by Stewart Eisenhart

Condition Critical: Med Mal Liability Markets in Dire Need of Resuscitation

By now, it’s hardly an exaggeration that medical-malpractice liability insurance markets in several states are in crisis. As is the case with so many other insurance lines, the exodus of medical liability carriers leaves physicians and other health care providers—especially …

N.Y. Gov. Signs NAIC Compliance Bill

New York Gov. George Pataki has signed a bill (A.11821) to bring accounting standards for the state’s domestic insurers into compliance with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) standards used in every other state. “This legislation puts New York …

Exclusions Persist as Congress Debates Federal Terrorism Backstop Legislation

Nearly a year after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the issue of federal insurance backstop legislation to protect carriers against future losses stemming from more attacks remains a crucial yet unresolved issue for the insurance industry—and for more and more …

Exclusions Persist as Congress Debates Federal Terrorism Backstop Legislation

Nearly a year after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the issue of federal insurance backstop legislation to protect carriers against future losses stemming from more attacks remains a crucial yet unresolved issue for the insurance industry—and for more and more …

Texas AG Files Suit Against Farmers

Texas Governor Rick Perry and Attorney General John Cornyn announced that his office filed suit against Farmers Group Inc., the state’s second largest homeowners insurer, Aug. 5 for allegedly charging unnecessarily high rates for homeowners coverage, and for deceptive and …

Fitch Report Estimates Billions in Continued Asbestos Costs

Fitch Ratings released a special report, “Asbestos: Impact on the U.S. Insurance Industry,” describing how future claims will affect property and casualty insurers. The report includes estimates of insurers’ future asbestos liability, a survival ratio target for the property/casualty industry, …

New Fitch Report Estimates Billions in Asbestos Liability Costs

Fitch Ratings released a special report, “Asbestos: Impact on the U.S. Insurance Industry,” describing how future claims will affect property and casualty insurers. The report includes estimates of insurers’ future asbestos liability, a survival ratio target for the property/casualty industry, …

Top Three Texas Residential Insurers Under Investigation

Responding to moves by Farmers Insurance Company to further restrict coverages in homeowners policies it will write in the state, Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor expanded the state insurance department’s investigation of underwriting guidelines to include each of the three largest …

Programs, Beacons of Stability in Tumultuous Markets

Now that the hard market has firmly set, it’s no secret that more and more standard property and casualty insurance carriers are seeking to stem losses by restricting coverage and revamping underwriting habits. As in previous periods of reduced capacity, …

Programs, Beacons of Stability in Tumultuous Markets

Now that the hard market has firmly set, it’s no secret that more and more standard property and casualty insurance carriers are seeking to stem losses by restricting coverage and revamping underwriting habits. As in previous periods of reduced capacity, …