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South Asian Insurance industry suffering massive losses from cyclones

G. Turner
south asian Insurance industry India

Weather coverage segment may be seeing loss ratios as high as 100 percent. Damage to crops that has occurred as a result of cyclones could be leading to higher loss ratios in the weather South Asian insurance industries, with predictions that they could be as high as 100 percent, this year. Cyclone Phailin has caused a tremendous loss ratio this year when it struck in October. The crop damage that was caused by Cyclone Phailin when it struck the coast of Orissa and Andhra Pradesh early in October may lead…

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Adweek’s “Brand Genius” Marketer of the Year award honors Progressive Insurance CMO

Julie Campbell

The coveted Brand Genius award for 2011, formerly known as the Marketer of the Year award, presented by Adweek, has been given to the chief marketing officer of Progressive Insurance, Jeff Charney. The marketing and advertising industry trade publication names the winner of the award based on honoring the “brands that shape our culture and the individuals who catapult them to success.” After being named for the award, Charney said that he was honored to be able to accept it on behalf of the entire company, and was pleased that…

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