Terrorism News

Make insurance, risk management appeal to college grads: ‘Smash the Myths’

One of the most serious problems facing the insurance industry today is the acute shortage of bright, college-educated young people entering the profession. Walk around any college campus and you’ll find that the brightest and best of our graduates are …

It Figures

95 The percent of homeowners insurance claims that have been settled in Louisiana and Mississippi one year after Hurricane Katrina, according to the Insurance Information Institute. The I.I.I. estimates that more than 993,000 homeowners insurance claims filed with non-government entities …

People and Places

American International Group Inc. named Nicholas J. Ashooh as senior vice president of communications. Ashooh succeeds John T. Wooster Jr. who had filled that role on a temporary basis since year-end 2005, and earlier had been AIG vice president of …

To make insurance appealing to college grads, smash the myths

One of the most serious problems facing the insurance industry today is the acute shortage of bright, college-educated young people entering the profession. Walk around any college campus and you’ll find that the brightest and best of our graduates are …

N.Y. speeds up benefits to 9/11 rescue workers

New York State has adopted a trio of laws designed to speed workers’ compensation benefits for workers and their families with claims related to 9/11 rescue efforts. The first new law enables many workers who became ill after the expiration …

Competition hits Surplus Lines Market

As the surplus lines world turns to another year of soft market conditions, specialists and innovators may be the ones to survive as increasing competition intensifies, according to excess and surplus lines brokers, wholesalers and insurers. “It’s as competitive as …

Northeast leads in businesses buying property terrorism coverage

News Currents Nearly six in 10 large and mid-sized U.S. businesses obtained insurance to cover property terrorism risks during 2005, a dramatic increase from the 2003 average of 27 percent and up from 50 percent in 2004. A report from …

News Currents

Six in 10 businesses now buying terror coverage, Marsh reports Nearly six in 10 large and mid-sized U.S. businesses obtained insurance to cover property terrorism risks during 2005, a dramatic increase from the 2003 average of 27 percent and up …

Make insurance, risk management appeal to college grads: ‘Smash the Myths’

One of the most serious problems facing the insurance industry today is the acute shortage of bright, college-educated young people entering the profession. Walk around any college campus and you’ll find that the brightest and best of our graduates are …

Business Moves

Zurich, Employers and the World Trade Center Site Owner A deal in which the owner of the World Trade Center site would take control of two towers being built there from a private developer is a step closer to being …