California Court Rules Workers’ Comp Law Provides Exclusive Remedy in Utilization Review Case September 3, 2018 The California Supreme Court issued an opinion in late August that utilization review physicians cannot be sued for malpractice, upholding...
15 Emerging Risks Worth Watching That Are Not Cyber September 3, 2018 By Andrew G. Simpson When insurance experts are asked what they see as the most important emerging risk for the property/casualty insurance industry, their...
Proper Insurance Coverage for Construction Crucial in Avoiding Costly Litigation September 3, 2018 By Elizabeth Blosfield If residential property owners don’t confirm proper insurance coverage and carefully consider labor laws when hiring contractors, they could be...
Insurer Downgrades Jumped in 2018 But Were Still Outnumbered by Upgrades: A.M. Best September 3, 2018 Catastrophic weather events in 2017 helped spur an increase in rating downgrades for the U.S. property/casualty (P/C) industry during the...
As Cyber Insurance Market Grows, Accumulation Risk Is Key Concern: Geneva Assn. September 3, 2018 By L.S. Howard Although cyber risk premiums have expanded sizably in recent years with loss ratios that compare favorably to other product lines,...
The E-merging Risk that Keeps on E-volving: Cyber September 3, 2018 6 Reasons Cyber Remains Top Emerging Risk Property/casualty insurance experts may not agree on everything but there is a consensus...
A Tale of Two Floridas: Hurricane Irma’s Belated Impact on Reinsurers September 3, 2018 Reinsurers expressed different views of loss developments related to Hurricane Irma, when executives reviewed the impact of the Florida event...
Mississippi Supreme Court Says Privacy Suit Against Google Can Continue September 3, 2018 Mississippi’s Supreme Court says a state lawsuit against Google alleging violations of student privacy should stay in a northeast Mississippi...
Unsafe Mississippi Rail Crossing Caused Fatal 2017 Bus Crash September 3, 2018 By Jeff Amy A train crash into a tour bus that killed four in Mississippi last year stemmed from the railroad and the...
Mass. SJC Says Hospital Does Not Have Duty of Care in Former Patient’s Stabbing Suit September 3, 2018 By Elizabeth Blosfield The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that Steward Carney Hospital does not have a duty of care after a...