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A.M. Best Upgrades Ratings of Affirmative Insurance Company and Insura Property and Casualty Insurance Company, Inc
OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength ratings to B+ Very Good from B Fair of Affirmative Insurance Company and Insura Property and Casualty Insurance Company, Inc., both members of the Affirmative Insurance Group (all of Bedford Park, IL). The ratings have been removed from under...
Tags: A.M. Best Co., casualty insurance, insurance
Research articles 2004-07-12
Not the merriest of Mays, but also not the gloomiest. (property/casualty insurer stocks after the Los Angeles, CA riots) (Month in Insurance Stocks) (Industry Overview)
Property and casualty insurance company stocks did not drop as much as expected after the Apr-May 1992 Los Angeles, CA, riots. Over $750 million will be paid to policyholders as a result of damage done during the riots, and the share prices of major CalifProperty and casualty insurance company stocks...
Tags: insurance company, stock, casualty insurance company, casualty insurance, Computer Associates International Inc., insurance
Research articles 1992-06-15
Eastern Casualty Insurance Rated 'BBBpi' by S&P
NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Standard & Poor's CreditWire 10/14/98 --Standard & Poor's today assigned its triple-'Bpi' insurer financial strength rating to Eastern Casualty Insurance Co.
Tags: casualty insurance, insurance, S&P
Research articles 1998-10-14
Guidant Casualty Insurance Assigned `Api' Rtg by S&P
NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Standard & Poor's CreditWire 8/4/98-- Standard & Poor's today assigned its single-`Api' insurer financial strength rating to Guidant Casualty Insurance Co. (formerly Equity Fire & Casualty Co.).
Tags: API, casualty insurance, Guidant Corp., insurance, S&P
Research articles 1998-08-04
S&P Assigns Progressive Casualty Insurance 'AApi' Rtg
NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Standard & Poor's CreditWire 10/28/98--Standard & Poor's today assigned its double-'Api' insurer financial strength rating to Progressive Casualty Insurance Co.
Tags: casualty insurance, insurance, S&P
Research articles 1998-10-28
Xerox to exit financial services, focus on document processing. (Xerox Corp.)
STAMFORD -- Xerox Corp. said it will focus on its core document processing business and withdraw from the insurance and financial services sector. Among the divisions affected are Crum and Forster, a property and casualty insurance unit; Furman Selz, STAMFORD -- Xerox Corp. said it will...
Tags: casualty insurance, financial, financial service, insurance, Xerox Corp.
Research articles 1993-01-25
E&S growing faster than P-C as a whole, Best finds.(excess and surplus lines insurance, property and casualty insurance industry, A.M. Best Co.)
SAN DIEGO--The excess and surplus lines industry continues to experience excellent growth, producing better results than the overall property and casualty industry, a study conducted by A.M. Best Co., the Oldwick, N.J.-based insurance rating agency saySAN DIEGO--The excess and surplus lines industry continues to experience excellent...
Tags: A.M. Best Co., casualty insurance, insurance
Research articles 1995-09-25
P-C carriers hit California earthquake program.(property and casualty insurance)(California Earthquake Authority)
SACRAMENTO, Calif.-- California's major property-casualty carriers are increasingly critical of the state's fledgling $10.5 billion earthquake insurance program, contending that a flurry of last-minute changes detrimental to the industry--and little SACRAMENTO, Calif.-- California's major property-casualty carriers are increasingly critical of the state's fledgling $10.5...
Tags: insurance company, Consumer Electronics Association, insurance, casualty insurance
Research articles 1995-11-20
Insurers Can Mix & Match Cat Financing.(study by Insurance Services Office on property and casualty insurance coping with major catastrophe)
JOHN J. KOLLAR, FCAS, CPCU, IS ISO's VICE PRESIDENT OF ACTUARIAL SERVICES AND RESEARCH. GLENN MEYERS, FCAS, PH.D. IS ISO's ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT, SPECIAL MARKET PRODUCTS DIVISION. Will the U.S. property-casualty insurance industry cope financially JOHN J. KOLLAR, FCAS, CPCU, IS ISO's VICE PRESIDENT OF ACTUARIAL...
Tags: casualty insurance, financing, insurance, insurance company, ISO, reinsurance
Research articles 1998-07-27
P-C industry eyes corporate partnering.(property and casualty insurance industry)
Are corporate partnerships an emerging trend or a concept that's been around for a while? It depends on who you talk to and how you define it. Earlier this year, when analysts at A.M. Best in Oldwick, N.J. asserted they expected to see...
Tags: acquisition, casualty insurance, financial, insurance, insurance company, Moody's Corp., partnership
Research articles 1997-07-21
Future of Property & Casualty Insurance Claims
Market downturn and increased competition is forcing major changes in the insurance industry and in the way insurance companies operate. Competition is permanently altering the expectations in the minds of insurance costumers on what they should expect of claims processing. This impacts and will continue to impact Architecture and Technology...
Tags: Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Casualty Insurance, Insurance, Financial Planning, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance
White papers 2003-10-01
Movie insurance poised for shakeup. (Transamerica Insurance Group's plans to end its property and casualty insurance business) (California & the Western States)
It's no secret that several years of disappointing losses have taken some of the glitter out of the business of insuring motion pictures. But with major studios struggling to adjust to the recession and the nation's largest entertainment insurer s It's no secret...
Tags: casualty insurance, entertainment, insurance, insurance company, movie, Transamerica Corp.
Research articles 1992-09-07
Fallout from Sept. 11; Renewal plans are revised as rates firm dramatically.(property and casualty insurance)(Industry Overview)
Losses from last month's terrorist attacks have kicked this year's rate hikes into a higher gear. Although risk managers were already anticipating firming rates during property/casualty insurance renewals, after Sept. 11 those calculations were th Losses from last month's terrorist attacks have kicked...
Tags: Risk Manager, Sept. 11, insurance company, terrorism, risk, insurance, attack, reinsurance, Weyerhaeuser Co., casualty insurance
Research articles 2001-10-22
Buffett's bid for GEICO sparks P&C stock jamboree.(Warren Buffett, property and casualty insurance stocks)(Month in Insurance Stocks)(Column)
Warren Buffett's $2.3 billion bid for 49% more of GEICO has boosted the price of that company's stock and sparked interest in insurance stocks across the board. The month of August, 1995 was a good one to hold insurance stocks, especially for property andWarren Buffett's $2.3 billion bid for 49%...
Tags: casualty insurance, GEICO, insurance, stock, Warren Buffett
Research articles 1995-09-18
Updates.(property and casualty insurance rates rise)(Brief Article)
P/C rate increases highest at midsize firms: Survey WASHINGTON -- The commercial property/casualty insurance market continues to harden, according to a new survey of commercial insurance brokers. The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers' Co P/C rate increases highest at midsize...
Tags: casualty insurance, CIGNA Corp., company, health care, insurance, insurance company, survey
Research articles 2000-06-05
It's summertime and the buyin' is easy. (property and casualty insurance)
Most prices lower than in '95 Risk managers are finding some cool summertime deals on insurance renewals. At midyear, prices for property/casualty coverages are slightly lower for many risks than in 1995. And where prices are higher, the increases geMost prices lower than in '95...
Tags: casualty insurance, company, insurance, insurance company, risk, Risk Manager
Research articles 1996-07-01
Late News.(commercial property and casualty insurance costs rose in 2002)
Property/casualty rates continue rising: CIAB The cost of commercial property/casualty insurance continued to rise during the fourth quarter of 2002, according to a survey by the Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers. The fourth-quarter CIAB C Property/casualty rates continue rising: CIAB ...
Tags: casualty insurance, commercial property, insurance, insurance company, McDonald's Corp., U.S. Congress, UnitedHealth Group Inc.
Research articles 2003-01-27
Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002: Terrorism Insurance Program, Treatment Of Terrorist Assets, Federal Reserve Board Provisions
The ability of businesses and individuals to obtain property and casualty insurance at reasonable and predictable prices, in order to spread the risk of both routine and catastrophic loss, is critical to economic growth, urban development, and the construction and maintenance of public and private housing, as well as to...
Tags: Asset, Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, Federal Reserve Board, Financial, Terrorism Insurance, Terrorism, Casualty Insurance, Homeland Security, Insurance, Corporate Insurance, Financial Accounting, Government, Business Operations, Finance
White papers 2003-01-01
Mixing and Matching: Prospective Financial Sector Mergers and Market Valuation
This paper considers life insurance, property and casualty insurance, securities, and commercial firms as potential matches for banks. It examines two types of evidence extracted from stock price data. First, option-pricing theory is used to compute a direct measure of diversification gains from potential consolidation. These results identify potential gains...
Tags: Stock Price, Merger, Financial, Consolidation, Federal Reserve Bank Of New York, Life Insurance, Casualty Insurance, Market Valuation, Insurance, Financial Planning, Investment, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance
White papers 2000-12-12
Property & Casualty Insurance
The property and casualty (P&C) insurance industry is in two businesses: underwriting risk and investment management. In its underwriting function, the industry examines the frequency and severity of potential damage to physical assets property or injury to persons casualty, and then places a value on insuring against, or underwriting, those...
Tags: Property, Casualty, Casualty Insurance, Insurance, Strategy, Asset Management, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Management, Operational Planning
White papers 2002-10-28
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