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Apartment Property Program Nuts & Bolts: Houston-based London American Risk Specialists Inc. has an Apartment Property Program endorsed by the National Apartment Association. The program is available in the continental United States. Highlights of the program include: competitive rates on …

Agents, brokers ready to pursue ambitious legislative agenda in 2007

There is a new political dynamic in Congress that presents both opportunities and pitfalls. Last year, the President signed into law pension and health care reform that will greatly benefit insurance consumers. House passage of a surplus lines bill illustrated …

Agents, brokers ready to pursue ambitious legislative agenda in 2007

There is a new political dynamic in Congress that presents both opportunities and pitfalls. Last year, the President signed into law pension and health care reform that will greatly benefit insurance consumers. House passage of a surplus lines bill illustrated …

Royal & Sun Alliance management buyout faces opposition

New York Sens. Hillary Clinton and Charles Schumer, along with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, have expressed concerns that the deal may leave Royal Indemnity unable to meet its obligations. A proposed management buyout and eventual dissolution of Royal …

Agents, brokers ready to pursue ambitious legislative agenda in 2007

There is a new political dynamic in Congress that presents both opportunities and pitfalls. Last year, the President signed into law pension and health care reform that will greatly benefit insurance consumers. House passage of a surplus lines bill illustrated …

Industry leaders debate regulation in wake of Democratic Congress shift

The Professional Liability Underwriting Society held its international conference in Chicago in late 2006. Moderating a conference panel, television journalist Forrest Sawyer, a 24-year veteran of ABC, CBS and MSNBC, targeted his questions to a diverse group of insurance leaders …

New Markets

Apartment Property Program Nuts & Bolts: Houston-based London American Risk Specialists Inc. has an Apartment Property Program endorsed by the National Apartment Association. The program is available in the continental United States. Highlights of the program include: competitive rates on …

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Biggest U.S. property cat losses in 2006 were away from coasts Property casualty insurers increasingly steered clear of the water out of fear of catastrophe losses during the past year. But while they were keeping a wary eye on the …

Private equity market bullish on E&S brokers

By mid-November more than $500 billion in private equity transactions had occurred in 2006, $100 billion in Oct. 2006 alone, according to Andrew Rosen, a partner with private equity firm HM Capital Partners. Dallas-based HM Capital has a controlling interest …

Agents, brokers ready to pursue ambitious legislative agenda in 2007

There is a new political dynamic in Congress that presents both opportunities and pitfalls. Last year, the President signed into law pension and health care reform that will greatly benefit insurance consumers. House passage of a surplus lines bill illustrated …