In Age of Twitter, Libel Insurance Isn’t Just for Journalists Anymore June 8, 2017 By Polly Mosendz Courtney Love spent almost six years in litigation, accused of libeling her former attorney in a Twitter post that was...
S&P Revises AIG Outlook to Negative Citing Commercial Lines Challenges June 7, 2017 Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s has revised its rating outlook to negative from stable for American International Group (AIG). The...
MarketScout Sells Workers’ Compensation Business to Specialty Program Group June 7, 2017 Dallas-based insurance exchange MarketScout, which provides agents with access to specialty markets, has sold its workers’ compensation managing general agency...
What Is Blockchain and How Does It Work? June 7, 2017 By L.S. Howard First of Two Articles While everyone talks about blockchain, also known as mutual distributed ledger technology, just a few people...
Feinberg Could Be Tapped to Head $1B Takata Compensation Fund June 7, 2017 By David Shepardson A federal judge may tap attorney and longtime compensation adviser Kenneth Feinberg to oversee claims for nearly $1 billion that...
U.S. Facing Rise in Workplace Homicides June 7, 2017 By Laurie Kellman Fatal workplace shootings, like the one Monday in Orlando, Florida, are ticking upward in the United States, government statistics show....
Main Street America Promotes Gaynor to Chief Underwriting Officer June 7, 2017 By Andrew G. Simpson The Main Street America Group has promoted Dan Gaynor to senior vice president, chief underwriting officer. Gaynor, who has been...
Why Insurance Lawyer Grounded FAA’s Drone Registry June 7, 2017 By Michael Laris John Taylor didn’t like the idea of being forced by the Federal Aviation Administration to register his drones. The requirement...
Karkowsky Succeeds Pipoly as AmTrust CFO June 6, 2017 AmTrust named one of its executives focused on merger as its new chief financial officer. Adam Karkowsky has served as...
U.S. P/C Insurance Industry Mostly Silent on Trump Exit from Paris Climate Accord June 6, 2017 By Andrew G. Simpson The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry, which has been facing rising claims bills for extreme weather events, mostly reacted with silence...