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WEEK ENDING
April 28, 2012
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Bermuda Companies Swing Back to Profits in Q1 Reports
Bermuda insurers and reinsurers reported strong first-quarter earnings relative to a year ago, with several swinging back into the black after reporting Q1 losses in 2011... Read Article » E&S Professionals See Signs of Market Change; Enjoy Rise in Premiums Written Excess and surplus-lines carriers are beginning to see signs of a market change, including a shift in standard-carrier appetite for traditional E&S risks, according to an SNL Financial analysis... Read Article » States, Insurers Seeking Answers in Volatile Workers' Compensation Line With the current investment environment working against workers' compensation insurers, companies may be pressured into a harder market as they try to achieve underwriting profits in a line that has not had a combined ratio under 100 since 2006, a new report says... Read Article » Rep. Schock: Senate Needs to 'Get Off Its Duff' & Pass NFIP Extension A Republican member of the House Ways and Means Committee implored the Senate to act on passage of a five-year National Flood Insurance Program extension that includes reforms to the program... Read Article » Marsh: Primary D&O Rates on the Rise; Excess Layer Still Soft Rates for primary directors and officers liability-insurance programs for public companies during the first quarter increased an average of nearly 1.5 percent after decreasing an average of about 4.3 percent in 2011... Read Article » AIG Says Ex-Air Lease Chief Stole Trade Secrets American International Group Inc. has sued the co-founder and former chief executive of its aircraft-leasing unit, Steven Udvar-Hazy, accusing him and other former employees of stealing several thousand electronic files containing trade secrets... Read Article » Harleysville, Nationwide Another Step Closer to Merger Policyholders and shareholders of Harleysville Mutual Insurance Co. and Harleysville Group Inc. have approved a merger with Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co... Read Article » Judge Denies AIG Motion in BofA $8.5B Settlement New York judge rejected an effort by American International Group, Inc. and other objectors to Bank of America Corp's proposed $8.5 billion mortgage bond settlement... Read Article » Returning Warriors Face Driving Safety Risks Military personnel have an increased risk of at-fault auto accidents within six months of returning from overseas duty, a report from USAA says... Read Article » W.R. Berkley: 'Stupid' Cos. May Not Be Able to Make Hard Turn Declaring that a turn to a hard market cycle is more visible, the chief executive of W.R. Berkley Corp. says a company somewhere is in for major trouble because they are "stupid" not to increase rates... Read Article » At RIMS, Industry Execs Talk Pricing, Business Interruption & Cyber Risk Three subjects appeared to be most prominent in discussions between executives and risk managers in Philadelphia at this year's Risk and Insurance Management Society meeting: price, business interruption and cyber risk... Read Article » Provided by National Underwriter P&C
To Develop New Coverage Options, Specialty Players
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Social Media: Is the buzz now turning into real
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