An aspiring concert pianist whose career was likely ended when she lost a finger and suffered other severe injuries when a Boston restaurant’s brick and concrete facade collapsed on her has sued. The Boston Globe reports that the suit filed …
Big I New York, the state’s independent insurance producer trade association, has elected John Cofini as its chair of the board for the 2019-2020 term. Cofini was sworn in during a May 21 ceremony at Big I New York’s Go …
Prominent upstate New York landlord Robert Morgan is charged in a 114-count federal indictment with defrauding banks and insurance companies out of millions of dollars by inflating property values and insurance claims while managing his expansive real estate portfolio. The …
Fighting back tears, Theresa May said on Friday she would quit, setting up a contest that will install a new British prime minister who could pursue a cleaner break with the European Union. May’s departure deepens the Brexit crisis as …
Ransomware attacks skyrocketed in the first quarter of 2019, according to the Beazley Breach Response (BBR) Services team, which reported a 105% increase in the number of ransomware attack notifications against clients compared to Q1 2018. In Q1 2019, the …
Generali has signed an agreement to sell the life run-off portfolio of its UK Branch to a subsidiary of Reinsurance Group of America Inc., the St. Louis, Mo.-based life and health reinsurance company. The run-off portfolio, which consists of mainly …
China’s attempts to control African swine fever have been insufficient to stem further spread of the disease, with the deadly pig contagion now endemic in two regions, a United Nations group said. The virus that causes the disease is entrenched …
State Auto Labs, the innovation arm of the State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co., says in the 18 months after launching its $25 million corporate venture fund to support entrepreneurs and innovations in the insurance industry, it has invested in five …
U.S. personal lines insurance saw strong premium growth of 8% in 2018 and the sector’s statutory combined ratio of 99% for 2018 represented the market’s best results since 2013, according to a new special report from Fitch. “Strong performance was …
Since October 2017 when the #MeToo era began and sexual harassment claims against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein were revealed, insurers have seen an uptick in not only the number but also the size of sexual harassment claims. “[W]e’re going into …
