Insured Natural Disaster Losses in 2017 Were 38% of Economic Costs of $353B: Aon January 24, 2018 Insured losses for last year’s 330 natural catastrophes reached US$134 billion, or 38 percent of their economic price tag of...
Lockton Promotes Goldstine to Lead U.S. Casualty Practice January 24, 2018 Global broker Lockton has appointed Debbie Goldstine to executive vice president and U.S. casualty leader. In this expanded role, Goldstine...
Beazley Adds Post-Breach Services to Cyber Coverage for Small, Mid-Sized Policyholders January 24, 2018 Beazley has further enhanced its Beazley Breach Response (BBR) coverage for small and mid-sized policyholders in the U.S. In conjunction...
In 2017, Labor Lawyers Raced to Settle Class Actions Before Trump Effect January 24, 2018 By Rebecca Greenfield While employers across the U.S. paid a record amount in settlements for workplace violations last year, don’t expect this to...
With $25 Million in New Funding, Home Insurtech Hippo to Expand January 24, 2018 By Mark Hollmer Insurtech Hippo has nailed down $25 million in new Series B funding, a cash infusion the provider of super-quick homeowners...
Express Scripts Fight Over Cyber Disclosure Reaches SEC January 24, 2018 By Robert Langreth and Anders Melin The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will review a dispute between Express Scripts Holding Co. and New York State Comptroller...
$19 Billion in Potential Losses from Cloud Services Failure Mostly Uninsured: Lloyd’s, AIR January 23, 2018 By Suzanne Barlyn A cyber problem that temporary shuts down a top U.S. cloud computing provider could trigger as much as $19 billion...
Travelers Manages Q4 Profit Despite Wildfires, Tax Hit January 23, 2018 Property/casualty insurance giant Travelers Companies Inc. reported net income of $551 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2017, a...
Liberty Mutual Sells Off Life Insurance Unit, Realigns U.S., Global P/C Business January 23, 2018 Liberty Mutual is getting out of the life insurance business, and the insurer will reorganize in order to better focus...
Khan Promoted to CEO, President at ThinkRisk and CorPro January 23, 2018 Ryan Specialty Group (RSG) announced the promotion of Reza Khan to chief executive officer and president of ThinkRisk Underwriting Agency...