Most Recent Articles from National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management

• Rift re-emerges on optional federal charter.(LETTER SPARKS CLASH) 

  A TOTAL OF 13S NATIONAL and regional financial services firms--including a number of property-casualty insurance players from both the company...

  06/20/05 by Postal, Arthur D. · More from publication

• Global insurance pond has midsize fish; brokers need to serve smaller firms with growing international presence.(MIDDLE-MARKET OPPORTUNITY?) 

  IN THE MID-20TH CENTURY, THE LARGEST U.S. CORPORATIONS began to reach outside the country's borders to sell their products and services. Later,...

  06/20/05 by Demaret, Elizabeth Francy. · More from publication

• Wausau automates mid-mkt. submissions; agents' interface expanded beyond personal and small-commercial markets.(TECH BOOSTS EFFICIENCY)(Wausau Insurance Companies) 

  HAVING THE RIGHT TECHNOLOGY in place can make a huge difference in effectively and profitably writing middle-market commercial risks, one leading...

  06/20/05 by Ha, Michael · More from publication

• NAIC stands pat on broker disclosure: regulators also address finite re statements, claims history debate and receiverships.(MEETING RECAP)(National Association of Insurance Commissioners) 

  THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION of Insurance Commissioners closed the door last week on further tinkering to expand the reach of the broker compensation...

  06/20/05 by Tuckey, Steve · More from publication

• Global broker networks can do the job for midsize firms; multinational firms aren't the only ones capable of service abroad.(HOW TO CHOOSE)(Brief Article) 

  From OR YEARS, ACCOUNTS WITH international exposures were told that working with a major, global brokerage was the only viable way to insure...

  06/20/05 by Demaret, Elizabeth Francy · More from publication

• Insurers, buyers brace for TRIA decision; fate of federal terrorism program may hinge on Treasury Dept. report due June 30.(WHITE HOUSE MUM)(Terrorism Risk Insurance Act ) 

  PROPERTY-CASUALTY INSURERS and commercial insurance buyers are finalizing battle plans to push for extension of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act...

  06/20/05 by Postal, Arthur D. · More from publication

View more »