Essential Workers With COVID-19 Face Workers’ Compensation Uncertainty July 13, 2020 By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Lauded for their service and hailed as everyday heroes, essential workers who get the coronavirus on the job have no...
German Officials Seize Server With U.S. Police Files Stolen in Data Breach July 10, 2020 By Frank Bajak At the behest of the U.S. government, German authorities have seized a computer server that hosted a huge cache of...
University Researchers Claim Air Filter ‘Catches and Kills’ the Coronavirus July 10, 2020 Researchers from the University of Houston, in collaboration with others, have designed a “catch and kill” air filter that they...
State Auto Extends CEO LaRocco’s Contract July 10, 2020 State Auto Financial Corp’s board of directors has extended the contract of President and CEO Mike LaRocco for an extra...
It Took Coronavirus Pandemic to Settle Bayer’s Roundup Suits: Viewpoint July 10, 2020 By Joe Nocera, Bloomberg Opinion In late June, Bayer AG agreed to pay $9.5 billion to settle about 100,000 lawsuits that accused Roundup, the popular...
Lloyd’s to Exit U.S. Admitted Market, Focus on U.S. Surplus Lines, Reinsurance July 10, 2020 Lloyd’s announced it plans to stop accepting admitted market accounts in the U.S. in a year and focus on the...
Munich Re Specialty Releases MPL Policy for Non-Specialist Businesses July 10, 2020 Munich Re Specialty Insurance (MRSI) has released a miscellaneous professional liability product for non-specialist, commercial businesses. Miscellaneous professional liability (MPL)...
Supreme Court to Hear Federal Trade Commission’s Appeal Over Ill-Gotten Gains July 10, 2020 By Diane Bartz The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Thursday to decide whether the Federal Trade Commission can continue to require scam artists...
Coronavirus Crisis Heightens Insurers’ Caution About Senior Care Market July 10, 2020 By Suzanne Barlyn The coronavirus pandemic has made it even harder for senior-care centers in the United States to find or afford standard...
Profile: MGA Nexus Group Sets Sights on U.S. Growth, Even During COVID-19 Crisis July 9, 2020 By L.S. Howard Nexus Group, the UK-based managing general agent, is looking to the U.S. for growth opportunities, despite the raging COVID-19 crisis....