March 11, 2009
The U.S. Senate passed a measure extending the nation’s flood insurance program through September 2009 last night. While the U.S. House of Representatives passed an extension to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) through Sept. 30, 2009, under the omnibus …
March 10, 2009
Rep. Gene Taylor, D.-Miss., isn’t letting opposition by major insurance companies keep him from pushing his plan to make wind coverage for properties available through the federal flood insurance program. Taylor’s proposal — the Multiple Peril Insurance Act of 2009– …
March 5, 2009
The U.S. Senate has yet to approve a measure extending the nation’s flood insurance program, which expires tomorrow. While the U.S. House of Representatives passed an extension to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) through September 2009 under the omnibus …
January 5, 2009
Ask agents and executives in the insurance industry about the new year and they’ll say they expect that the market will harden, at least slightly. In fact, 73 percent of agents predict prices will firm, according to a new Insurance …
December 21, 2008
Agents Wish for Firmer Pricing, Higher Commissions, Solid Client Retention, Unity on Legislation Ask agents and executives in the insurance industry about the coming year and they’ll say they expect that the market will harden, at least slightly. In fact, …
December 16, 2008
After-tax profits for the U.S. property and casualty industry through the first nine months of the year were $4.1 billion — a 91.8 percent decline from the $50 billion in profits earned the same period a year ago, according to …
November 2, 2008
Rocky Quarter “It was a rocky third quarter for insurers, but risk managers still saw prices improve on average. It is increasingly clear, though, that premiums cannot continue to fall at this pace, especially with the global economy in chaos.” …
November 2, 2008
The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund Advisory Council recently rattled the nerves of insurers when it presented its 2008 October bonding estimates. David Sampson, president of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, said that while he recognizes that the FHCF …
October 16, 2008
The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund Advisory Council recently presented its 2008 October bonding estimates, rattling the nerves of insurers in the process. While David Sampson, president and chief executive officer of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, recognizes that …
October 6, 2008
Spitzer’s Folly “When (Eliot Spitzer) was attorney general he was on a witch hunt, he’d go after anyone he could to get headlines. I look at the pattern (at AIG) from when Hank Greenberg went out, not just the crisis …