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Lombard and London Guarantee tie the knot

Richard Patina, president of Lombard Commercial Lines and Robert Taylor, president of London Guarantee have announced the formation of a strategic alliance between the two insurance companies to refer business that falls within their respective areas of specialty. Lombard will refer to London Guarantee accounts seeking coverage for certain types of directors’ and officers’ liability, […]

February 28, 1999

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Batten down the hatches FOR 99

Reduced profitability, rising underwriting losses, increased competition and higher technology costs are likely to form the stage for the North American property and casualty insurance industry in 1999, according to the vast majority of respondents in an Insurance Information Institute (III) survey conducted at the annually held Joint Industry Forum which recently took place in New York City.

February 28, 1999

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The lights dim on

The fair-weather profit years which the property and casualty insurance industry has enjoyed since the mid-1990s is likely to run into a storm in 1999 with companies generating single digit returns on equity (ROE). Projections based on third-quarter StatsCan data suggests that the p&c industry achieved a modest 3% growth in premium income for 1998, […]

February 28, 1999

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Liberty Risk Services’ LEADING-EDGE APPROACH to bottom-line savings

Health management services have been an all or none proposition for corporate Canada. A company traditionally has to buy a bundle of services from one provider or assemble a program from a group of vendors. Liberty Risk Services Canada wants to change that. The Toronto-based company is taking a new tactic to health management with […]

February 28, 1999

3 min read