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22 12, 2015

P/C Industry Growing and Aligning Its Charitable Giving

By | December 22nd, 2015|Recent Articles|Comments Off on P/C Industry Growing and Aligning Its Charitable Giving

U.S. property/casualty insurers have increased their charitable giving by an average of 15 percent since 2011, to an industry total of $575 million, outpacing inflation and moving closer to what many industry leaders believe the public expects, according to the …

21 12, 2015

Obama Administration Urges Supreme Court to Reject Marijuana Lawsuit

By | December 21st, 2015|Recent Articles|Comments Off on Obama Administration Urges Supreme Court to Reject Marijuana Lawsuit

Despite its opposition to making marijuana use legal, the Obama administration is urging the Supreme Court to reject a lawsuit from Nebraska and Oklahoma that seeks to declare Colorado’s pot legalization unconstitutional. The Justice Department’s top courtroom lawyer said in …

21 12, 2015

S&P Affirms Zurich’s Ratings; Outlook Stable

By | December 21st, 2015|Recent Articles|Comments Off on S&P Affirms Zurich’s Ratings; Outlook Stable

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has affirmed its ‘AA-‘ insurer financial strength rating and ‘AA-/A-1+’ long- and short-term counterparty credit ratings on Swiss-based global multiline insurer Zurich Insurance Co. Ltd. and its ‘AA-‘ rating on Zurich’s core subsidiaries, all with …

21 12, 2015

Pennsylvania Court Issues Liquidation Order for Regis Insurance

By | December 21st, 2015|Recent Articles|Comments Off on Pennsylvania Court Issues Liquidation Order for Regis Insurance

Regis Insurance Company, a Pennsylvania-domiciled insurance company, was recently issued an order of liquidation by the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. Regis, a writer of small commercial business based in Paoli, Pennsylvania, was licensed in and domesticated in Pennsylvania in 1979. …

18 12, 2015

Fitch: Overall P/C Insurance Reserves Adequate; Prior Years’ Favorable Development Continues

By | December 18th, 2015|Recent Articles|Comments Off on Fitch: Overall P/C Insurance Reserves Adequate; Prior Years’ Favorable Development Continues

Property/casualty insurers continued to take down loss reserves for prior years in 2014, which marked the ninth straight calendar year of favorable development for the industry in aggregate, according to a new report from Fitch Ratings. Fitch also estimates that …

21 12, 2015

Best Says Ironshore’s Ratings ‘Not Immediately Affected’ by Fosun Investigation

By | December 21st, 2015|Recent Articles|Comments Off on Best Says Ironshore’s Ratings ‘Not Immediately Affected’ by Fosun Investigation

A.M. Best has commented that the financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and the issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a” of Ironshore Insurance Ltd. (Bermuda) and its affiliated operating  companies: Ironshore Indemnity Inc. (Minneapolis, MN), Ironshore Specialty Insurance Company (Phoenix, …

18 12, 2015

Brown & Brown Acquires Ocean Marine Insurance Agency & Affiliates in R.I.

By | December 18th, 2015|Recent Articles|Comments Off on Brown & Brown Acquires Ocean Marine Insurance Agency & Affiliates in R.I.

Brown & Brown Inc. announced that its subsidiary Brown & Brown Insurance Agency of Virginia Inc. has acquired certain assets of Ocean Marine Insurance Agency Inc., Ocean Marine Insurance Agency of Massachusetts Inc. and Ocean Marine Underwriters Agency Inc. (collectively …

21 12, 2015

Flood, Fraud & the Florida Market: McCarty Talks Hot Insurance Topics in 2015

By | December 21st, 2015|Recent Articles|Comments Off on Flood, Fraud & the Florida Market: McCarty Talks Hot Insurance Topics in 2015

It was another busy year for the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR). From conducting the annual property/casualty data call and subsequent stress test of Florida property insurers, to working on the depopulation efforts of Citizens, to calling out the …

18 12, 2015

McKee Risk Management Hires Prinz as Social Services VP in Penn.

By | December 18th, 2015|Recent Articles|Comments Off on McKee Risk Management Hires Prinz as Social Services VP in Penn.

McKee Risk Management Inc. in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, has hired Lisa Prinz as vice president of the Social Services Practice. Prinz was previously at Harleysville/Nationwide Insurance where she started the Human Services program. Prior to that, she was at …

21 12, 2015

Marketform M&A Underwriter O’Reilly Moves to London as Sector Expands

By | December 21st, 2015|Recent Articles|Comments Off on Marketform M&A Underwriter O’Reilly Moves to London as Sector Expands

Specialist Lloyd’s underwriter Marketform announced that M&A underwriter Astrid O’Reilly is relocating from Singapore to London as the company looks to strengthen the M&A product offering within the European markets. She joined Marketform in June 2015 and, successfully set up …