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A recent report from the National Research Council suggests that global growth of industry could bring about sudden and severe climate changes. Eleven scientists who conducted... |
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The gravest challenge yet to face our business was the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center. All claims, now estimated between $40 and $60 billion, are being paid ... |
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An industry deficiency of $16 billion, or 6 percent, in loss reserves spells trouble ahead for P/C insurers, according to a new study by Conning & Company, the Hartford-based ... |
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Big jury awards in Texas mold cases after insurance companies denied coverage have the industry running scared, says Joe Fedor, Executive Vice President of U.S. RE. "Mold is a... |
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U.S. RE has just been named reinsurance broker for Inserve Corporation of Charlotte, North Carolina. Inserve is a managing general agency specializing in workers compensati... |
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Editor's Note: U.S. RE-Europe is expanding operations in Central Europe from its base in Basel, Switzerland. Here's a profile of the man behind the growth:
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In its annual Early Bird Forecast, the Insurance Information Institute predicted the insurance industry will record an increase of 15.1 percent in net written premiums in 2002... |
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"Uncertainty" appears to be the operative word in reinsurance today, according to Brian McGuire, Senior Vice President of U.S. RE Corporation. While most signals point to an e... |
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By Brian McGuire, Senior Vice President, U.S. RE Corp.
Almost every day, an article appears telling us that today's reinsurance market e... |
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The Commercial Insurance Market Index for the fourth quarter of 2001 issued recently by the Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers showed dramatic price increases, especially f... |
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A New Jersey agency with 20 years' experience in the trucking industry recently turned to U.S. RE to place reinsurance for its newly formed risk retention group. The agency... |
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Kate Lister, daughter of Christopher Lister, U.S. RE's Senior Vice President-International, cycled 350 miles across the rugged mountains of Laos recently (see U.S. REviews, Se... |
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More risk managers are turning to Alternative Risk Transfer (ART) mechanisms in today's market as they face sharply rising costs for conventional insurance and reinsurance. Th... |
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Most analysts agree, the insurance/reinsurance industry is in a hard market. The big question is how long will it last?
Joe Fedor, U.S. R... |
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U.S. RE recently placed coverage for a leading specialist in liability programs for kids' summer camps across the country. Steve Kent, Assistant Vice President, arranged th... |
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The U.S. reinsurance industry combined ratio shot up to 141.6 percent in 200l, compared to 114.2 percent in 2000, according to a survey of reinsurers' statutory underwriting results conducted by the R... |
