Terrorism News

Business Moves

Hub, Apax, Morgan Stanley Hub International Limited, which got its start in 1998 when 11 Canadian brokers merged and has since grown through acquisitions into one of the largest insurance brokers in North America, is being acquired by funds advised …

10 La. regulators question Allstate cancellations

Insurance department tells company to reinstate policies 11 Former Okla. commissioner arrested, jailed Fisher broke terms of appeal bond, AG says N1 Industry gears up for more federal terrorism insurance debates Advocates say the coverage still vital to national security …

Declarations

Cloned food claims “Because meat from cloned animals could be mixed with meat from hundreds of other conventionally bred animals, even if there’s no harm related to cloning, if there’s a product recall and it hurts ranchers’ sales, there’s a …

Business Moves

Royal Sun, Arrowpoint Capital Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matthew Denn conditionally approved a management buyout of Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance Group’s U.S. operations. Denn ruled that there is no legal or financial basis to reject the buyout, although he stressed …

Industry gears up for more federal terrorism insurance debates

News Currents Insurance industry advocates urged Congress yet again to continue with a federal government role in terrorism risk insurance and to examine long-term solutions before the current backstop legislation, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Extension Act (TRIEA) of 2005, expires …

New AIG Unit Formed to Help Manage Terrorism Exposure and Risks

The AIG Companies announced the formation of AIG Homeland Security Solutions. The new specialty unit will provide access to insurance, risk management and security products and services to help companies work to prevent, mitigate and recover from terrorist incidents and …

D.C. Chief Hampton Backs Terrorism Insurance, But Not National Cat Plan

Renewal of the federal Terrorism Risk Insurance Extension Act is “very, very important” for the District of Columbia, yet a federal government plan to help cover natural disasters would be unfair, in the eyes of the insurance regulator who works …

A.M. Best: Commercial P/C Outlook Stable Despite Price Competition

A.M. Best Co. has completed its assessment of the U.S. commercial market and revised the outlook to stable from negative for 2007. Although A.M. Best says there continues to be evidence of pricing deterioration, the level of deterioration thus far …

Royal & Sun Management Team Completes Buyout of U.S. Businesses

Arrowpoint Capital Corp. has completed the acquisition of all Royal & SunAlliance USA businesses formerly owned by Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group plc of London. Arrowpoint Capital Corp. was formed in June 2006 by the senior management and outside …

Indiana Insurance to Hold Safer School Seminar at Illinois State University

Indiana Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, has announced that it will host its third of four free, day-long Safer Schools Seminars on Mar. 20, 2007 at Illinois State University in Normal, Ill. Michael Dorn, an expert in school …