Space insurance running out of capacity?
Last year was the second worst ever for the space insurance business. There are hints that space programmes may one day have trouble finding sufficient capacity Generali Global's biennial space insurance conference, held this year in Rome where it attracted over 500 delegates from 32 countries, always...

DBP earns P486 M in Q1, tops target.
The Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) weathered the slowdown in business activities by posting P486 million in net income for the first quarter of the year, exceeding by more than 100 percent its quarter target of P413 million. Outgoing DBP President Remedios L. Macalincag reported that...

"Insurance loss adjusting: a study in semantic orientation". (Retrospect).
Once a man is aware of the essential non-identity of all objects and the artificiality of categories, he has acquired the fundamental attitudes for proper adjusting. The insistence upon differences, upon individual treatment, upon lack of dogmatism characterizes the adjustment process and may go far to explain why good...

Two States Mired in Malpractice Crisis. (Penn., W.Va. Fear Loss of OB.GYNS.).
Although malpractice insurance rates are rising all across the country, the pain may be worst for physicians in two states: Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Other regions of the country have serious malpractice insurance problems, but these two states are unique in how rapidly serious crisis situations have...

Women's participation in disaster relief and recovery.
Natural Disasters: A Growing Development Challenge for Poor Women and Their Communities Disasters destroy lives, disrupt the social, economic, and political fabric of communities, and can erase decades of development gains, sometimes in a matter of minutes. (1) Today, despite increased investments and advances in hazard-management technology,...

Women's participation in disaster relief and recovery.
Natural Disasters: A Growing Development Challenge for Poor Women and Their Communities Disasters destroy lives, disrupt the social, economic, and political fabric of communities, and can erase decades of development gains, sometimes in a matter of minutes. (1) Today, despite increased investments and advances in hazard-management technology,...

Making insurance pay. (Marketing News).
Noninterest revenue is a Good Thing. It doesn't fluctuate with the money market. And insurance revenue is one of the more attractive forms of Good Things. And it can potentially represent a significant source of income in its own right. Bank Insurance Marketing magazine noted recently that...

A crisis of coverage.
Byline: The Register-Guard A great deal of attention has been paid to the impact of Sept. 11 on the airline industry, but relatively little has been said about how the insurance industry has been affected by the terrorist attacks. It's time for Americans to pay...

Letters in the Editor's Mailbag.
Byline: The Register-Guard More police needed Springfield's police shortage is a serious contributing factor to our city's high crime rate. It can't be solved by simply reallocating resources, as suggested by Roy Varin (letters Oct. 25). Just because the population grows doesn't mean...

Is the insurance cycle responsible for rising malpractice premiums? (Pro & Con).
[YES] Medical malpractice claims have held steady, yet insurance premiums have skyrocketed. This pattern can be attributed to the cyclical nature of the commercial insurance business. We are in the midst of a classic "hard" insurance cycle. The first such crisis, which was particularly acute in the...