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Lockton forms Southern U. S. Assurance Team
Copyright: Business Wire Source: Business Wire Wordcount: ATLANTA MIRAMAR, Florida - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Lockton has created a group Lockton South, which combines insurance brokerage and consulting operations in the suburbs of Miami and Atlan...
Higher premiums that insurers should subtract
Major insurers are likely to increase rates for consumers and businesses as the sector tries to salve its bruised balance sheet. Largely because of government capital injections, the global banking sector has raised enough capital to nearly...
Brothers share key to insuring success
Two handsome armchairs sit in front of Greg Hough's desk. Brass upholstery tacks edge along leather of deep green. Couldn't throw those away. Those are Dad's chairs, Hough says with a sweet smile. The chairs are a throwback to a time when p...
Nine building societies have credit ratings downgraded
Nine of Britains biggest building societies, including Nationwide, have had their credit ratings downgraded in anticipation of further pain to come in the UK housing market. Marjan Riggi, Moodys lead analyst for UK mortgage lenders, said th...
Barclays to raise the cost of mortgages at fixed rates
Barclays is set to increase the cost of fixed-rate mortgages despite the Bank of England leaving interest rates unchanged this month. The move suggests that the mortgage market has bottomed out. Other lenders are expected to follow suit in...
House Panel Wants Probe of AIG's P.R. Contracts
WASHINGTON, Apr 15, 2009 (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- AIG | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- The chairman of the House Oversight Committee wants to know if American International Group Inc. used part of the government's $182.5 billion re...
AIG in Agreement to Sell 21st Century Insurance to Zurich Fi
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- American International Group, Inc. (AIG) and Zurich Financial Services Group (Zurich) announced today an agreement to sell 21st Century Insurance Group, the wholly owned subsidiaries comprising AIGs U.S. personal...
Property sales are to life as hopes rise for end to falling
Homebuyers are out in force and property sales have begun to rise, according to new figures. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) said that the number of new buyer inquiries rose for the fifth consecutive month in March and a...
Fidelity National Financial price of 15.8 million shares
Copyright 2009 Investrend Communications, Inc.All Rights Reserved FinancialWire April 15, 2009 Wednesday LENGTH: 253 words HEADLINE: Fidelity National Financial Prices 15.8 Million Common Shares Million Common Shares April 15, 2009 ((NYSE:...
'Perfect Storm' Putting upward pressure on prices of Insuran
Lockton Market Update offers fresh insights on global insurance markets KANSAS CITY, Mo., and LONDON, April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Global insurance broker Lockton says insurance buyers can expect upward pricing pressure in the coming months in...
American International Underwriters Named Top Insurance Prov
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--American International Underwriters (AIU), a leading global property-casualty insurance network, today announced it has been named the Top Insurance Provider in the World in the 2009 Euromoney second annual Insura...
Perspectives: fewer opportunities, Focus on People Make Rare
OLDWICK, N.J., Apr 13, 2009 (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- MXGL | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Wedding bells were ringing in Bermuda last month when property catastrophe reinsurer IPC Holdings Ltd. and specialty insurer/reinsurer Max Ca...
Ironshore Hires AIG Executives to Head Specialty Casualty Bu
HAMILTON, Bermuda, Apr 13, 2009 (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- AIG | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Bermuda-based Ironshore Inc. has hired two senior American International Group Inc. executives to head its specialty casualty business, th...
Snowe Revives Bill Extending Tax Carryback for Net Losses
Insurers and other firms that suffer net operating losses in 2008 and 2009 would be permitted to count them against the five prior years of income for tax purposes, under new legislation introduced by Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine. The NOL Ca...
Tips for insurance against natural disasters
Copyright 2009 Cable News NetworkAll Rights Reserved CNN .com April 13, 2009 Monday 10:55 AM EST SECTION: HOMESTYLE LENGTH: 602 words HEADLINE: Tips for getting catastrophe insurance BYLINE: By David Dobbs The 10 most expensive natural disas...
Insurance Partners with friendship Restaurants Alliance to p
QUINCY, MA issued April 9, 2009 .... Amity Insurance Agency, Inc., the leader of the service agency, has partnered with the Alliance to eat to provide high quality of service, coverage and price to their members. Restaurants Purchasing Alli...
Lenders accused of dirty mortgage tricks
Halifax, Britain's largest lender, has been accused of sub-clients properties when they come to Car, forcing them to more expensive deals. Brokers say borrowers May see as much as 40% wiped off the value of their home, even if prices fell o...
Navigators & General Unveils New Boat Insurance Cover
Copyright: Datamonitor. All rights reserved Source: Datamonitor Wordcount: Apr 08, 2009 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- Navigators General, a UK-based pleasurecraft insurer and a part of the Zurich Financial Services Group, has launched a third...
Consumers no better off after lower bank rates
The Bank of England left interest rates on hold last week for the first time since October, signaling the end of the rate cuts and supported the staging of possible increases later this year economists said. However, thousands of consumers...
Kirstie Allsopp’s new look as Tory adviser
The Hon Kirstie Allsopp is showing me the downstairs lavatory in her third home. I made this wallpaper myself, she explains, pointing out a couple of smudges on the beautiful block print. And I blew these glasses myself, she adds, wandering...
How to beat mortgage valuation shock
Brokers generally recommend you overpay your mortgage to clear as much debt as possible and make sure you qualify for the best deals. For example, a borrower with a 200,000 loan on a 300,000 property who overpaid by 4.5% (the size of Bank r...
In the Money: Protect yourself with personal umbrella liabil
No matter how careful you are, someday you or a member of your family might be responsible for an accident. You probably already have some liability coverage attached to your auto, homeowner's or renter's insurance policies, but the limits...
Berkshire Hathaway’s Insurance Subsidiaries Buck Property/C
The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) reported full year 2008 results for the industry yesterday and it was not a pretty picture. While PCI reported that insurers remain well capitalized when one considers levels of st...
Letsure Property Insurance available via jml
Letsure Property Insurance products are once again to be made available via jml-property-Insurance.co.uk. When the website was first launched seven years ago its very first product was the Letsure Landlord and Tenants insurance policy. As t...
P/C Insurers Profitable in 2008; Take Hit From Catastrophes,
Property/casualty insurers remained profitable in 2008 despite taking hits from several catastrophes, the recession and the ongoing financial crisis. P/C insurers earned $2.4 billion in net income after taxes in 2008, but profits and profit...
Fewer hurricanes forecast Pour'09; could get 12 Atlantic Sto
Copyright 2009 Gannett Company, Inc.All Rights Reserved USA TODAY April 8, 2009 Wednesday FA_CHASE EDITION SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 3A LENGTH: 344 words HEADLINE: Fewer hurricanes forecast for '09; Atlantic could get 12 storms BYLINE: Doyle Rice a...
Illinois Knocks Down Triad's Cash Payments by 40%
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Apr 03, 2009 (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- TGIC | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- A year after mortgage insurer Triad Guaranty Inc. was placed into runoff, the mortgage insurer will begin paying out just 60% of claim...
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AIG Puts Industry Backlash 'Back to Square One ",
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Lockton Market Update offers fresh insights on global insurance markets KANSAS
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Conn. lawmakers Hold Hearing On AIG Bonuses
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Innovation Group Teams With IBM To Help Reduce
WHITELEY, UK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Innovation Group plc (LSE:TIG.L) (Innovation or
P/C Execs Look Ahead to Mitigation, Retention, Rates
Chad Hemenway OLDWICK, N.J., Mar 30, 2009 (A. M. Best via COMTEX) -- Several
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Natural disaster damage losses paid by insurance companies have been doubling
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Allstate Applauds Introduction of STANDUP Act
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