Barbados News

Best Places Two Kingsway Subs ‘Under Review/Negative’- Company Analysis

A.M. Best Co. has placed the financial strength rating (FSR) of “A-” (Excellent) and the issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a-” of Penn.-based Lincoln General Insurance Company and Barbados-based Kingsway Reinsurance Corporation (KRC) under review with negative implications. At the …

Munich Re Leads Caribbean Nat Cat Risk Syndicate

Munich Re will lead a syndicate – the “Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility” (CCRIF), set up to offer 16 countries in the Caribbean insurance cover against hurricanes and earthquakes. The syndicate officially opens for business today, June 1. Munich Re …

Top 10 data loss disasters in 2006

Data recovery firm says no matter how bad the loss, there’s a chance for recovery Data recovery experts worldwide from Minneapolis, Minn.-based Ontrack Data Recovery chimed in for a poll to name the top 10 remarkable data loss disasters in …

Top 10 data loss disasters in 2006

Data recovery experts worldwide from Minneapolis, Minn.-based Ontrack Data Recovery chimed in for a poll to name the top 10 remarkable data loss disasters in 2006. While the data disasters could have been catastrophic for the companies and their customers, …

Calif. Attorney Sentenced Two Years in Insurance Scam

An attorney who stole nearly $400,000 in insurance refunds from his doctor clients and then tried to cover his tracks by faking bank statements and kiting checks was sentenced to two years in prison. Michael Suverkrubbe, an attorney and former …

Caribbean nations establish joint disaster insurance pool

Caribbean countries joined by outside donors and international and regional organizations established a $47 million insurance pool to soften the blow from earthquakes and hurricanes. Called the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility, the program grew out of member governments’ determination …

Caribbean nations establish joint disaster insurance pool

Caribbean countries joined by outside donors and international and regional organizations established a $47 million insurance pool to soften the blow from earthquakes and hurricanes. Called the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility, the program grew out of member governments’ determination …

Caribbean Nations Establish Joint Disaster Insurance Pool

Caribbean countries joined by outside donors and international and regional organizations established a $47 million (euro35.7 million) insurance pool this week to soften the blow from earthquakes and hurricanes. Called the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility, the program grew out …

Brown & Brown Grows Wholesale: Hull Buys DVUA; PRU Acquires Apex

Continuing in its acquisitions mode, insurance agency Brown & Brown Inc., through its subsidiaries Hull & Co. Inc., and Program Management Services Inc., has acquired the assets of a key wholesaler located in the Northeast and a Virginia-based broker that …

St. Paul Settles with Conn,. Ill., N.Y. Attorneys General Over Broker Compensation

The St. Paul Travelers Companies Inc. has entered into a $77 million settlement with the attorneys general of New York, Connecticut and Illinois, as well as with the New York State Department of Insurance, resolving issues relating to those states’ …