Privacy Exclusion Protects Insurer from $60 Million Class Action June 4, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson A federal judge in Florida has ruled that a policy exclusion for invasion of privacy claims relieved an insurer of...
Judge Restrains 3 Former Guy Carpenter Execs Who Moved to Lockton Global Re May 31, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson A federal judge in New York has granted reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter’s request for a temporary restraining order against three...
Congress Renews Flood Insurance Program Until June 14 May 30, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Having failed several times to pass a $19 billion disaster aid bill with a federal flood insurance reauthorization provision by...
Managing Sexual Harassment Risk in the #MeToo Era May 24, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Since October 2017 when the #MeToo era began and sexual harassment claims against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein were revealed, insurers...
Why Less Data May Be More for Employers Using Wearables in Workplace May 15, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Employers deploying wearables in the workplace are possibly exposing themselves to more risk than they realize by collecting more data...
Marsh/JLT Suit Against Competitor NFP Alleges Poaching of 13 Employees May 10, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Jardine Lloyd Thompson Specialty Insurance Service (JLT), which became a subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan on April 1, is suing...
GEICO Helps Boost Berkshire Hathaway’s Q1 Profit May 7, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Berkshire Hathaway Inc. on Saturday said gains in its stock investments were behind its good first-quarter profit. Better results from...
Sniffing Out Particles, Singling Out Pigs: Food Industry Urged to Embrace Robots, AI May 6, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson E.coli in beef. Metal shavings in bread crumbs. Contaminated water on vegetables. The food industry has its share of quality...
Student Sues Apple for $1 Billion, Blames Face-Recognition Tech for False Arrest April 23, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Apple is being sued for $1 billion in damages by an 18-year-old college student who blames the company’s facial recognition...
Markel Internal Review Finds ‘No Bad Faith’ Related to Loss Reserves Under Investigation April 15, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Markel Corp. said that an internal review conducted by outside counsel found “no evidence that personnel of its CATCo unit...