Dr. Robert Hartwig News

‘Round and ‘Round the Cycle Goes, Where it Stops Nobody Knows

Like the wheels of Lance Armstrong’s bike—a blur of perpetual motion as he powered up mountain after mountain in the Tour de France—the non-stop cycle of the property/casualty insurance market continues on its seemingly endless rotation between hard and soft …

Csiszar Calls for Focus on Regulation at 12th Annual Texas P/C Symposium

Speaking at the12th Annual Mid-Year Property and Casualty Symposium presented by the Insurance Council of Texas and the Association of Fire and Casualty Companies in Texas (AFACT), Ernst Csiszar, president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and South Carolina’s …

NAIC President Csiszar to Address ICT Symposium

The president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) and director of the South Carolina Department of Insurance, Ernst Csiszar, will be the lead-off speaker at the Insurance Council of Texas’ 12th Annual Mid-Year Property and Casualty Mid Year …

Florida OIR Charges Ahead with Credit Score Workshop

Give the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) credit, it has been a good listener when it comes to questions and concerns on the role of credit scoring. During a rule development workshop last month in Tallahassee, the OIR listened …

Insurance Scoring Reportedly Provides Significant Benefits to Fla. Consumers

Insurance scoring is a proven, accurate, objective and consistent risk assessment tool that provides significant benefits to Florida consumers, the Florida insurance industry testified Monday at a Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) rule development workshop. “As in other states, …

IVANS E-Commerce Xchange Conference Set for Tampa

Independent agents and brokers, insurance carriers, technology solution providers, and industry opinion leaders will focus on winning technology strategies to solve real business problems and improve workflows at the 2004 annual IVANS conference. The conference, “E-commerce Xchange: Winning Strategies,” will …

Hartwig to be Featured Speaker at SIIS CE Seminar

Dr. Robert Hartwig, senior vice president and chief economist for the Insurance Information Institute, will be the featured presenter at a Southwestern Insurance Information Service Continuing Education Seminar, March 17, 2004, at the Westin Park Central Hotel in Dallas, Texas. …

Top 10 2003 Newsmakers

While less turbulent than 2001-2002, this year hasn’t exactly been a walk in the park. The industry continues to face intractable problems—a lack of capital strength, accompanied by accusations that it’s under reserved; burgeoning liability claims (asbestos, D&O, E&O, med-mal, …

Top 10 2003 Newsmakers

While less turbulent than 2001-2002, this year hasn’t exactly been a walk in the park. The industry continues to face intractable problems—a lack of capital strength, accompanied by accusations that it’s under reserved; burgeoning liability claims (asbestos, D&O, E&O, med-mal, …

ICT/AFACT Symposium to Look at Texas Legislation

Insurance industry officials from around the country will meet July 17 in Austin to discuss insurance reform legislation passed during the 78th session of the Texas Legislature. According to the Insurance Council of Texas, three hundred industry representatives plan to …