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Auto Insurer Progressive Posts Drop in Earnings: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Auto insurer Progressive Corp. PGR on Thursday reported a drop in second-quarter net income as it absorbed higher claims from natural catastrophes and wrote off $40.8 million in investments. The third-largest auto insurer in the United States said ...; Tags: Insurance, Progressive Corp., insurance company, catastrophe, net income, Thomson Reuters Corp., investment, New York; News items 2008-07-10
CVC Seen in Lead in Talks to Buy Friends Unit: By Simon Challis and Clara Ferreira-Marques LONDON (Reuters UK) - Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners CVC is in the "leading position" in talks to buy high-end insurer Lombard, a unit of Friends Provident FP, sources close to the matter said on Friday. U.S. private equity...; Tags: Private Equity, Private Equity Company, Insurance Company, Lombard, Insurance, Investment, Financial Services, Cablevision Systems Corp.; News items 2008-07-11
Doctors vs. Insurers: Prelude to Healthcare Reform?: Although the news was overshadowed by the dramatic return of Sen. Ted Kennedy, the Senate's veto-proof approval today of a complex Medicare bill represents a striking political victory by doctors over health plans -- one that could bode badly for insurers if healthcare reform becomes a priority after the presidential...; Tags: Insurance, HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, David P. Hamilton, insurance company, Medicare, health care, Robert Laszewski; Blog posts 2008-07-09
Ireland's Carroll Sells Stake in FBD: DUBLIN (Reuters UK) - Irish property developer Liam Carroll sold his entire shareholding in Irish insurer FBD Holdings FBD last week, the Sunday Times reported. Carroll was not immediately available for comment. The Sunday Times, which cited unnamed sources, said Carroll had sold his stake in...; Tags: Insurance Company, Insurance, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Fbd, Oukbs, Stake; News items 2008-07-06
Bond Insurer and Economic Woes to Feed Fresh Credit Turmoil: By Jane Baird LONDON (Reuters UK) - More credit turmoil is yet to come as further problems emerge, including a massive shift in risk from bond insurers to banks, and fresh macroeconomic risks, leading bankers and investors said on Tuesday. Global stock and credit markets have...; Tags: Bank, Risk, Bond, Insurance Company, Insurance, Ambac Financial Group Inc., MBIA Inc., Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.; News items 2008-06-24

Backdating Settlement Doesn't End UnitedHealth's Problems: An old health-insurance scandal just keeps on giving at UnitedHealth, which today settled a shareholder lawsuit over the way it backdated stock options for its former CEO Bill McGuire and other execs. The insurer will pay $895 million to resolve claims by Calpers, the giant California public-pension fund, that the...; Tags: Insurance, David P. Hamilton, UnitedHealth Group Inc., Bill McGuire, insurance company, backdating; Blog posts 2008-07-02
AIG, Other Mortgage Insurers Fall on Loss Fears: Hamilton, Bermuda (Reuters) - Shares of American International Group Inc AIG, the world's largest insurer, fell 8.2 percent on Thursday on concerns that a rating cut at its mortgage insurance unit could signal more losses in the pipeline. "Everything is bleeding...; Tags: Financial accounting, American International Group Inc., PMI Group Inc., Bermuda, Moody's Corp., insurance company, DJIA, S&P 500, subprime mortgage, Thomson Reuters Corp., insurance, shareholder, asset, job, stock; News items 2008-07-10
Ambac Ditches Fitch, Undermines Entire Ratings System: The tortured love affair between the ratings agencies and the bond insurers took another turn as Ambac Financial Group resolved to terminate its contract with Fitch Ratings. While Ambac is not the first insurer to give a rating agency the Heisman -- not always successfully -- its ability...; Tags: Bond, Agency, Insurance Company, Insurance, Advertising & Promotion, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Marketing, Dan Ackman; Blog posts 2008-06-19
The Winner's Curse: In the reinsurance market, the same risk can receive price quotes from multiple insurers. Some insurers will quote low and others will quote high, due to errors in cost estimation and/or different market strategies. Usually the lowest price bidder will get the business. There is a good chance that the...; Tags: Casualty Actuarial Society, curse, insurance company, insurance, strategy, financial; Presentations
Managing Defense Costs: The Marriage Between Insurers and Defense Counsel: Aggressively representing a client and providing a cost-efficient defense don't have to be mutually exclusive for an insurance defense lawyer. The relationship between defense counsel and insurers is unique. It stems from what has become known as the tripartite relationship between the insured, defense counsel and the insurer. The insured...; Tags: insurance company, insurance; White papers
Insurance, Reinsurance, Retrocession: At the apex is the individual who owns a home but does not have the financial resources to sustain a large loss. The individual insured pays a premium to an insurance company and in exchange, the company agrees to pay for any loss over a deductible. That's insurance. In exchange...; Tags: reinsurance, insurance company, insurance, financial; White papers
The Impact of Punitive Damages on Insurers: Where market conditions will allow for it, most U.S. insurers have begun adding punitive damage exclusions. For example, homeowner's policies exclude from coverage "'bodily injury' or 'property damage' which is expected or intended by an insured." Auto policies exclude coverage for any insured "who intentionally causes 'bodily injury' or 'property...; Tags: punitive damage, exclusion, insurance company; White papers
Standing Out From the Crowd: This article states that a common lament of risk managers is that insurers tend to group their companies into general categories, offering pre-established policies and programs that do not adequately consider their individual operations. During the price increases of the hard market, concerns about cost were even more apparent and...; Tags: Insurance, insurance company, Risk Manager, pricing strategy, strategy; White papers
Life Insurance: This tutorial gives information about Life Insurance. Life insurance is income protection in case you pass away. The person you name as your beneficiary will receive proceeds from an insurance company to offset the lost income as a result of your death. You can think of life insurance as a...; Tags: Financial Planning, Investopedia, life insurance, beneficiary, insurance company, insurance, income; White papers
Terrorism Coverage Is a Taxpayer: Not Insurance Company -- Responsibility, Industry Forum Told: This paper gives insurance policies for terrorisms. It doesn't make sense to finance the cost of terrorism through insurance premiums, a leading stock analyst told executives attending the Property/Casualty Insurance Joint Industry Forum. In light of losses from the attack on the World Trade Center, reinsurers (the insurers of insurance...; Tags: Homeland security, Financial Planning, Insurance Information Institute, terrorism, insurance, insurance company, finance, stock, industry; White papers
NRMA Insurance NZ Ltd.: NRMA NZ is a Wellington based insurance company, owned by the Australian company Insurance Australia Group formerly NRMA. The systems Integration project will replace NRMA NZ's two legacy core insurance systems with a package specifically designed by a UK software company for composite general insurance companies. The current systems are...; Tags: Financial Planning, Capgemini, insurance company, insurance, systems integration, software; Case studies
The New Beat of Equity Derivatives: This paper outlines an article on equity derivatives which are capturing the spotlight with an attractive combination of risk-mitigation and yield-enhancement features. The problem insurers face, however, is that they must put aside higher reserves against equity investment. This basic variation on the principal-protected structure involves an issuer who needs...; Tags: Investment, Financial services, equity, insurance company, equity investment, insurance, bank; White papers
A Woman's Guide to Long-Term Care: This paper focuses on the insurance on long term care for women. Long-term care is the assistance needed when a person can not perform activities of daily living due to a cognitive impairment like Alzheimer's, illness, injury, or age. Care can range from someone coming into home to help with...; Tags: long-term care, Alzheimer's disease, women, insurance; White papers
Terrorist Attacks Put Reinsurance Lobbyists on Alert: Terrorism seems to be on everyone's mind following the July 7 attack on the London underground. It is certainly on the mind of Massachusetts' insurance companies, which along with their national counterparts are lobbying Congress to extend the federal Terrorism Risk Insurance Act. Commonly known as TRIA, the law is...; Tags: Homeland security, Corporate insurance, Business security, Regulations, Financial Planning, American City Business Journals Inc., Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, terrorist attack, terrorism, insurance company, insurance, reinsurance, Sept. 11, attack; White papers
Delivering Greater Availability, Reliability and Scalability: Dynamic Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Insures Success: When a leading Northeastern health insurance provider decided it needed disaster recovery and business continuity operations, EDS and alliance partner EMC designed an innovative dual-purpose strategy: leverage its existing data operations to serve its business continuity needs and enhance functionality. This involved optimizing the insurance company's customer relationship management application...; Tags: Data centers, IT Services, Storage, business continuity, Electronic Data Systems Corp., insurance company, EMC Corp., disaster recovery, data center, IT environment, mirroring, Web hosting, environment, scalability, alliance, insurance, backup, strategy, information techno; Case studies