The Wharton School professor argued that insurance companies are not “girly men” when it comes to providing coverage for extreme risks such as hurricanes and terror attacks. It’s the federal government’s “triple” layer of taxation on reserving that scares insurers …
PCI Execs Contend Current Players Will Adapt to Maintain Advantages Ten years from now, some of the players within the property/casualty insurance industry will have changed but the industry itself will not look dramatically different from what it is today: …
Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. announced that Susan J. Patschak has joined Endurance Specialty Insurance, Ltd. as the head of its Property Catastrophe Reinsurance business unit. She joins Endurance with twenty-one years of professional experience, most recently serving as the …
Nuts & Bolts: Fairway Physicians Insurance Company is a Washington D.C.-domiciled risk retention group now offering medical malpractice liability insurance to California physicians. Members participate in the growth of Fairway as shareholders. Fairway is authorized to write all types of …
Margie Bishop Vista Insurance Partners, based in San Antonio, appointed Margie Bishop as senior broker/underwriter. Bishop will work with current and new Vista agents to develop new business and retain existing accounts and will locate in Vista’s San Antonio office. …
Thomas Tierney William Brooks Heather Philbin The Vermont Mutual Insurance Group, based in Montpelier, has elected Thomas J. Tierney, currently president and chief executive officer of the group, to be chairman of the board. The election took place at the …
Robert Drew Global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings announced the appointment of Robert Drew as CEO overseeing all Alabama operations – Mobile, Birmingham and Montgomery. Drew, with Willis for 10 years, the last three of which he has served as …
The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) announced that Benjamin J. McKay III, former chief of staff for U.S. Representative Katherine Harris (R-FL), will serve as the new director of federal affairs in its Washington D.C. office. Before working …
It may have seemed like the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Louisiana (IIABL) were just out for fun in the sun when they met in Destin, Fla. last month for their 102nd annual convention. In reality, this year’s event, …
The American Academy of Actuaries will sponsor a luncheon meeting on Wednesday, April 7 in Washington D.C. to discuss current legislation pending in Congress on asbestos. “Highlights include an update on the Academy monograph ‘Overview of Asbestos Issues and Trends.’ …
