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BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR '04
The U.S. RE Group is moving into the New Year with a number of promising initiatives. The recent addition of John Daum to our executive staff as Senior Vice Presi... |
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Some are predicting a shootout this year between defendants of state regulation and advocates of federal regulation or a dual system allowing companies to choose between two systems. The National Asso... |
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Improved pricing and terms for catastrophe reinsurance reflect the impact of increased coverage available through the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund plus the greater availability of retrocessional... |
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U.S. RE's new product - "Flip Cover" - allows ceding companies to achieve a significant level of additional capacity at the top end of catastrophe programs for considerably less than acquiri... |
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With the Reinsurance Association of America (RAA) posting a combined ratio of 101.2% for 2003 and with more capital flowing into the industry, we expect strong competition among reinsurers to continue... |
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The Reinsurance Association of America (RAA) reports that studies show 87 percent of manufacturers will become defendants in a product liability lawsuit at least once. As a result of the high costs of... |
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Alka Forsikring, the fifth largest insurance in Denmark has given U.S. RE (Europe) the task of managing all of its reinsurance requirements, Mark Lucas, Managing Director of U.S. RE (Europe) announced... |
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New concerns about America's Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) are raised in an article in the February edition of Captive Review magazine. The article, by Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP, attorne... |
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Based on nine-month results, the property/casualty insurance industry is, "on the threshold of its best profit performance in five years," says Dr. Robert Hartwig, Chief Economist at the Ins... |
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The hard market may be softening but not much, according to the Insurance Information Institute. The Institute predicts that the increases seen in commercial property rates over the last couple of yea... |
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Since 9/11, nearly $20 billion has been raised in new capital to support reinsurance markets, according to the Reinsurance Association of America (RAA). The new capital has been deployed writing new ... |
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The leading specialist in summer camp insurance has turned to U.S. RE for placement of workers' comp to cover children's camps across the country, reports U.S. RE Senior Vice President Larry Shatoff. ... |
