U.S. Flood Models Still in Infancy, So Underwriters Must Be ‘Cautious Consumers’ July 24, 2018 By L.S. Howard The market for privately written inland flood insurance in the United States is growing rapidly, but flood modeling is still...
What’s New in Today’s Construction Insurance Market July 23, 2018 By Andrea Wells Brokers who specialize in the construction industry love their clients and are very committed to keeping up with their needs....
Bayer to Discontinue Sales of Essure Birth Control Device as U.S. Lawsuits Mount July 23, 2018 By Matthew Perrone and Lindsey Tanner The maker of a permanent contraceptive implant subject to thousands of injury reports and repeated safety restrictions by regulators said...
Interest in Crypto Insurance Grows, Despite High Premiums, Broad Exclusions July 23, 2018 By Olga Kharif, Brian Louis, Julie Edde and Katherine Chiglinsky In the staid and buttoned-up world of insurance underwriting, few want to talk about it. You won’t find many ads...
Texas Stamping Office: National E&S Insurance Premium Up 9.4% at Mid-Year July 23, 2018 Excess and surplus lines (E&S) insurance premium recorded by the 15 managing service offices in the United States increased 9.4...
Protective Insurance, AmWINS to Offer For-Hire Commercial Trucking Product July 23, 2018 Protective Insurance Co., a property-casualty insurer specializing in trucking and workers’ compensation, has partnered with AmWINS Transportation Underwriters (ATU) to...
Court Allows Trial in Children’s Lawsuit Against U.S. Over Climate Change July 23, 2018 By Jonathan Stempel A federal appeals court in San Francisco on Friday rejected the Trump administration’s renewed bid to dismiss a lawsuit by...
U.S. Energy Regulator Pushes for Disclosure of Cyber Attacks on Electric Grid July 20, 2018 By Jim Finkle The U.S. government on Thursday asked power generators to disclose more information about cyber attacks amid growing concern that foreign...
Climate Change Is Beginning to Shift Planet’s Seasons: Scientists July 20, 2018 By Eric Roston Poring over four decades of satellite data, climate scientists have concluded for the first time that humans are pushing seasonal...
Drug Firms Sue Illegal Web Sites for Opioid Crisis July 20, 2018 By Jef Feeley and Jared S. Hopkins Two pharmaceutical companies say the real culprits in the opioids epidemic are illegal dealers of the painkillers and want them...