Assessing Wildfires’ Impact on P/C Insurers’ 2018 Results December 20, 2018 Fitch Ratings said it expects the November wildfires in California to have some but not great impact on property/casualty insurers’...
Cryptocurrency Industry Says Inadequate Insurance Deters Investors December 20, 2018 By Alun John Cryptocurrency exchanges and traders in Asia are struggling to insure themselves against the risk of hacks and theft, a factor...
J&J Vows to Appeal After Judge Rejects Bid to Set Aside $4.7B Baby Powder Verdict December 20, 2018 By Tina Bellon Johnson & Johnson failed to persuade a Missouri trial judge to set aside a July verdict awarding a record $4.69...
Boy Scouts Face Insurance, Bankruptcy Challenges Over Sex Abuse Claims December 20, 2018 By Dune Lawrence It took Robb Lawson until he was 45 to finally confront a dark memory from his days as a Boy...
Synergy Professional Associates Launches Lawyers PL Programs in Arizona, Texas December 20, 2018 Synergy Professional Associates, in partnership with Tokio Marine HCC – Professional Lines Group, has launched two new lawyers professional liability...
Japan’s Post Holdings Buys 7% of Insurer Aflac December 19, 2018 By Taiga Uranaka Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd. on Wednesday said it will buy 7 percent of U.S. insurer Aflac Inc. for about...
Marsh Makes Post-JLT Merger Leadership Appointments December 19, 2018 Global insurance broker Marsh announced the appointments of key leaders for its regional, specialty and placement teams worldwide that will...
EPIC Holdings to Acquire Integro December 19, 2018 EPIC Holdings Inc., parent company of EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants based in San Francisco, has agreed to acquire Integro...
RenaissanceRe Introduces Vermeer, New Reinsurer for U.S. Catastrophe Market December 19, 2018 RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. and Dutch pension fund manager PGGM announced they have launched Vermeer Reinsurance Ltd. to provide capacity focused...
U.S. Safety Agency Streamlines Autonomous Vehicle Approvals December 19, 2018 By David Shepardson The U.S. auto safety regulator said on Tuesday it is speeding up the process for reviewing whether automakers can deploy...