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Christina Urias

Wildfires, captives, credit scoring, and broker compensation and disclosure have been hot topics lately especially since wildfire season in particular extends through September. But the Arizona Department of Insurance began addressing many of these issues years ago to mitigate problems …

Business Moves

Cooper Gay & Cashman, Cooper Gay Intermediaries Independent reinsurance brokers, Cooper Gay (Holdings) Ltd., headquartered in London, renamed its U.S. domestic treaty operation Cooper Gay Intermediaries LLC. Based in Minneapolis, Cooper Gay Intermediaries is led by newly appointed CEO James …

Directors and officers market ripe for U.K. buyers

There are small but significant gains to be made for insureds in the current London directors and officers market, according to the majority of underwriters surveyed in the Willis Index tracking the D&O market. In the second quarter of 2006, …

Christina Urias, Arizona, Director of Insurance

Wildfires, captives, credit scoring, and broker compensation and disclosure have been hot topics lately — especially since wildfire season in particular extends through September. But the Arizona Department of Insurance began addressing many of these issues years ago to mitigate …

Best’s 2006 European review highlights common industry concerns

For the insurance industry, global controversies tend to obscure some equally important debates going on in smaller forums around the globe. The principal controversy in the U.S. revolves around state vs. federal regulation of the industry, which poses fundamental questions. …

Best’s 2006 European review highlights common industry concerns

For the insurance industry, global controversies tend to obscure some equally important debates going on in smaller forums around the globe. The principal controversy in the U.S. revolves around state vs. federal regulation of the industry, which poses fundamental questions. …

Directors and officers market ripe for U.K. buyers

There are small but significant gains to be made for insureds in the current London directors and officers market, according to the majority of underwriters surveyed in the Willis Index tracking the D&O market. In the second quarter of 2006, …

ABI Welcomes Government’s Investigation of Travel Agent Policies

The Association of British Insurers has issued a bulletin, saying it “welcomed the announcement by the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Ed Balls, of an investigation into the sale of travel insurance.” The British are great users of packaged holidays …

Lloyd’s Research Reports on ‘What British Insurance Brokers Think’

Lloyd’s has released a survey it commissioned, conducted by the British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA), which concludes that “the new means of providing insurance in a marketplace where ‘Super-brokers’ could take large chunks of business is one of the biggest …

Charman to Challenge $90.6 Million Divorce Settlement Ruling

John R. Charman, the President and CEO of Bermuda-based Axis Capital Holdings Ltd., reportedly plans to appeal a recent ruling from London’s High Court that his ex-wife Beverley is entitled to 37 percent of the community’s assets, around £48 million …