Assurant Specialty Property Uses Chase Visa-Branded Debit Card to Provide Catastrophe Victims Faster Access to Settlement Payments.
New Program Is Now Available to Consumers with Renters Insurance Coverage ATLANTA, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Assurant Specialty Property has begun issuing Chase Visa(R)-branded debit cards as an alternative to paper- based manual checks for claims settlements. Renters insurance customers now have the option of receiving advanced...

Surplus lines results remain strong: an excerpt from the A.M. Best Special Report U.S. Surplus Lines--2007 market review.
Despite falling short of the record-setting profitability experienced in 2006, the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry was profitable again in 2007 as a result of strong under-writing. Increasing competition along with the turbulent market, however, caused a slight deterioration in underwriting profitability that led to a decline in the industry's...

Errors & omissions.
CalSurance, a national insurance sales, service and support company, has enhanced its specialized errors and omissions program for broker-dealers with less than 75 brokers, the company said. The improvements now provide each broker-dealer with its own policy limits without sharing a master policy aggregate with other broker-dealers in the...

XL Insurance Expands Reach in the US Southeast With New Atlanta Office.
NEW YORK, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- XL Insurance, the global insurance operations of XL Capital Ltd , today announced the opening of a new regional office in Atlanta, Georgia.. Located in the Buckhead District at 3525 Piedmont Road, 7 Piedmont Center, the new office will provide insurance agents, brokers...

HCC to Acquire Professional Indemnity Agency.
HOUSTON, July 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Stephen L. Way, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HCC) announced today that the Company has signed a letter of intent to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Marshall Rattner, Inc., the parent company of Professional...

Errors & omissions.
CalSurance, a national insurance sales, service and support company, has enhanced its specialized errors and omissions program for broker-dealers with less than 75 brokers, the company said. The improvements now provide each broker-dealer with its own policy limits without sharing a master policy aggregate with other broker-dealers in the...

Cyber Insurance In Disarray.
Reprinted with permission from the July 2008 issue of Risk Management Magazine. Copyright 2008 Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. All rights reserved. To say that the insurance market for computer-related perils is in a state of flux is putting it politely. Insuring information assets and covering...

Startups awash in new capital: a dozen new insurers pour into Bermuda as the Class of 2005, creating more than $8 billion in new capital to help pay for disasters that are costing in the tens of billions.
AMLIN BERMUDA LTD. London insurer Amlin pie formed Amlin Bermuda Ltd. on October 24, with capacity of $1 billion, following a rights issue at a narrow discount to the market. Thus, it avoided the need for shareholder approval, which might have delayed the process by as much...

Fidelity National Financial, Inc. Announces 4th Quarter 2008 Earnings Release and Conference Call.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fidelity National Financial, Inc. , a leading provider of title insurance, specialty insurance, claims management services and information services, will release 4th quarter 2008 earnings before the open of regular market trading on Wednesday, February 4, 2009. A conference call will follow at...

Fidelity National Financial, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter 2008 EPS of ($0.01).
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fidelity National Financial, Inc. , a leading provider of title insurance, specialty insurance, claims management services and information services, today reported operating results for the three-month and twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2008. These reported results include the impact of Commonwealth Land Title...