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- Underrated: S&P, Moody's, Fitch ... and PIMCO
- It's been a tough week for the big three rating agencies: Standard & Poor's, Moody's Investors Service, and Fitch Ratings, which seem to be following in the footsteps of the big three auto makers. First the National Association of Insurance Commissioners put up a "No Help Wanted"...
- Blog posts 2009-11-21
- Geithner: Guilty Until Proven Innocent in AIG Debacle
- It was damn good theater. The Republican members of Congress's Joint Finance Committee had U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner on the carpet and were trying to pull the rug out from under him. They blamed him for the American International Group bailout, for giving away too much to AIG's bank...
- Blog posts 2009-11-20
- Free Hank! Former AIG Boss Greenberg Wants Spitzer's Charges Dropped
- Let's set the record straight. Former American International Group CEO Hank Greenberg isn't languishing behind bars, living on bread and water and rooming with Bernie Madoff. Rather, he's surrounded by expensive Chinese art work in his plush New York City office at Starr International, a company he controls. ...
- Blog posts 2009-09-24
- Why Should Regulators Give Foreign Insurers a Break?
- The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has been fired up of late, taking on the credit rating agencies in today's high-profile fight and, in a lower-profile but equally important decision, letting foreign reinsurers slip across the border and do business more easily in the states. The NAIC...
- Blog posts 2009-09-24
- Property Insurance Outlook: Dull But Stable
- No one really finds insurance interesting, not even insurers. In fact, insurers like it to be dull: no hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, wildfires, tornados. Instead of stories on the morning news, insurers prefer to quietly collect their premiums and drop them in the bank. Thus, two reports from the property casualty...
- Blog posts 2009-09-24
- Consumer Group Says Insurers' Use of Credit Scores Has Flaws
- Credit scores are one of property insurers' favorite tools to separate the sheep, those who will get car and homeowners' insurance policies, from the goats, those who will be rejected or charged more. Most states allow insurers to do this, albeit with some restrictions and many misgivings....
- Blog posts 2009-09-25
- Insurance Commissioners Tell Health Insurers: Stop Scaring Seniors
- Like every other powerful group in the country, health insurers turn up the lobbying heat when they see their interests compromised. They spent $15.5 million in the first half of 2009 to influence health care reform, according to the National Underwriter.  Some would say that the most effective media campaign ever was...
- Blog posts 2009-09-25
- Recession Takes Its Toll on Property Insurers in the First Half of 2009
- The recession has taken its toll on many industries, and property-casualty insurers are no exception. P-C insurers took quite a hit in the first six months of this year, with net income after taxes falling nearly 60 percent to $5.8 billion from $14.1 billion in the year ago period, according...
- Blog posts 2009-09-28
- How to Ensure That Iran Isn't Insured
- How refreshing when the U.S. comes up with an idea that will actually work! The Financial Times is reporting that the U.S. and its allies may place sanctions on companies, such as Munich Re and consortiums like Lloyds of London, that provide insurance for Iran's oil supply. Such a move might...
- Blog posts 2009-09-29
- AIG's Benmosche Can Talk, But Can He Walk the Walk?
- American International Group CEO Robert Benmosche's pay package is worth $10.5 million a year. And judging by the hype he is garnering for the once-crippled company, Benmosche is well-worth it. AIG shares have risen from $13, when it was first announced that the former MetLife CEO would come on board,...
- Blog posts 2009-08-28
- Insurers Profit When Hurricanes Hardly Happen
- Each quarter newswires do their traditional "earnings prewrite," quoting analysts on how an industry is faring. Not surprisingly, this quarter's prediction for property and casualty insurers is positive. And, if anyone needs reminding, it's because there weren't any hurricanes troubling our coastline, defying the prediction by the National Oceanic and...
- Blog posts 2009-09-30
- Hartford's New CEO: Competent, But Not Covered in Glory
- Hartford Financial, one of the most troubled of the major insurers, went out of the box today and hired former Bank of America consumer and small business banking president Liam McGee as its new CEO. McGee is an interesting choice for the 200-year old multi-line insurer, which...
- Blog posts 2009-09-30
- Smart Moves: AIG Boots McKinsey and Cuts Convention Costs
- American International Group's newest CEO Robert Benmosche has been on the job slightly less than two months, one of which was allegedly spent sampling wines at his villa in Croatia. Nonetheless, he's made two public relations moves that help the beleaguered insurer - both inside and outside the company. ...
- Blog posts 2009-10-01
- Will Bermuda Reinsurers See Merger Mania?
- Bermuda reinsurers are doing quite nicely this year, with the first half looking good and the second half, sans hurricanes, looking even better. The optimistic outlook gives impetus to the idea that reinsurers could see merger mania, according to industry heavyweights. Bloomberg News quotes Berkshire Hathaway CEO...
- Blog posts 2009-10-02
- You 'Auto' Know: New York Ranks Best and Worst Auto Insurers
- If you want to know the best - and worst - auto insurers, read New York State's just released annual report of auto insurance rankings, based on the complaint ratios of all major carriers operating in the Empire State. The top ranked insurer is Rhode Island-based Amica,...
- Blog posts 2009-10-03
- Health Insurers Seek Acquisitions While Rating Agencies Look Backward
- One has to wonder about the three credit rating agencies. When their ship comes in, they'll be at the airport with an outdated ticket stamped "void." Just a few weeks ago at the annual reinsurers' conference in Monte Carlo, they were trumpeting their "doom and gloom" theory....
- Blog posts 2009-10-04
- Insurance CEOs Immune to Leaner Paychecks
- U.S. unemployment is hovering around 10 percent, and those with jobs are working longer and harder to keep them. But there's no shortage of cash for those at the top of the heap, particularly at insurance companies. Was it only January when the grumbling and hoopla surrounding...
- Blog posts 2009-10-07
- Life Insurers Want Looser Standards for Home Mortgage Holdings
- Those life insurers never stop trying. First they asked for an $18 billion relief package back in January. Then they rattled their tin cups for the Treasury, begging to get in on the TARP program. Ultimately Lincoln National and Hartford Financial received nearly $6 billion. Now their latest request has...
- Blog posts 2009-09-23
- Buyer Beware! WSJ Says AIG Run Up Due to 'Speculators'
- The rise in American International Group shares since August is a mystery to every rational investor. Even the General Accounting Office, points out that while AIG now has survivability, its long-term ability to pay back what's owed on its $182 billion bailout package remains in doubt. And as everyone knows,...
- Blog posts 2009-09-23
- Can State Farm Stop Riling Up Insurance Commissioners?
- Blame it on hurricanes if you want, but State Farm can't seem to stop riling up southern insurance commissioners. In the latest duel, Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney turned down a State Farm filing that would have raised rates for this gulf state's three coastal counties by...
- Blog posts 2009-08-28
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