Family Sues Cruise Line, Alleging It Would Not Let Heart Attack Victim Off Ship June 14, 2019 By Christopher Palmeri The family of Jeffrey Eisenman, a 65-year-old passenger on the Carnival Sunshine, alleges in a lawsuit that the world’s largest...
Scientists Vow to Report Flood Risk for Every U.S. Property for Free June 14, 2019 In a major research undertaking, a group of scientists and a technology nonprofit technology organization have set a mission to...
Climate Change and the Reinsurance Implications June 13, 2019 By Don Jergler Climate change presents “high exposure risk” to insurers and their policyholders on many fronts: General liability claims for third-party bodily...
House Committee Approves 5-Year Flood Insurance Extension with Bipartisan Reforms June 13, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson A key House committee has passed legislation to renew the National Flood Insurance Program for five years and institute various...
Berkley Names Argo’s Edwards as President of Verus Underwriting Managers June 13, 2019 W. R. Berkley Corp. has appointed Marlo M. Edwards as president of Verus Underwriting Managers. Edwards succeeds Dale H. Pilkington,...
Stereotype of Salesperson as Liar Too Often Accepted as Sign of Competence June 13, 2019 Everybody says they don’t like liars. But when it comes time to negotiating a big sale, it turns out people...
Fitch Says 2019 Could Be Better Than 2018 for Commercial Insurance June 13, 2019 Fitch Ratings said it maintains a stable outlook for U.S. commercial lines, reflecting the potential for moderately better underwriting profits...
Emails Suggest CEO Zuckerberg Aware of Facebook’s Privacy Faults, WSJ Reports June 13, 2019 Facebook Inc. emails appear to show Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg’s involvement in discussions about its much criticized privacy practices,...
Jury Orders J&J, Colgate to Pay Almost $10 Million in Talc Case June 13, 2019 By Margaret Cronin Fisk, Jef Feeley and Robert Burnson Johnson & Johnson and Colgate-Palmolive Co. must pay almost $10 million to a dying California woman who blamed the companies’...
Talk of Managing Earth as an Asset Wins Over Congressional Climate Change Skeptic June 13, 2019 By Eric Roston In a break from years of acrimony over basic science, House Budget Committee members on Tuesday tripped over each other...