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The reinsurance bill at our company is about $75 million per year. It is critical that the reinsurance company is financially sound and will be there when you call on them to pay a claim. Another big risk, in my opinion, is purchasing reinsurance. We must maintain the discipline! We have a business plan that states we will not take a risk greater than; $800,000 or $900,000 premium account with a greater risk category than 6. I believe that the biggest challenge in the insurance industry today is to maintain the discipline of your business plan. My advice is to guard against going after premium in favor of going after profitable business. Industry capital has suffered depletion due to staggering losses resulting from 9/11, asbestos litigation, tobacco litigation and medical malpractice litigation, which today has driven a number of insurance companies out of that business. In recent years, the major change in the industry has been depletion of industry capital and the failure of what were considered stable companies. I could purchase reinsurance for less, saving, as an example, $25 million a year, but I would have to purchase it from carriers that are not rated highly by A.M. Best, and I won't do that. On the property insurance we underwrite, we retain $2 million of exposure and buy reinsurance for any exposure in excess of this amount. We buy reinsurance on all liability in excess of $1 million; on all umbrella policies, we underwrite up to $10 million.
That would result in prices actually going | The company might pay 80% while you pay | This is a new coverage, when compared to | This coverage increases your daily benefit | So what do you do to cover yourself? | The magazine also serves as a forum | In managing change, insurance companies | But even that would change the industry | Legislation to extend the Terrorism | But 9/11 has made us much more alert | Each player performs an independent but interconnecting | Re-insurers also provide capacity to | The type of insurance surplus lines | An A+ company's requirement would | Insurance is a business of risk, and | A disciplined operating procedure | The premium for this class of business is | At Philadelphia Insurance, we will | Another example would be a case where | We see professionals, like doctors, lawyers | That's certainly true today with investment | In these cases, workers' compensation insurance | We will see companies suffer from the