State Insurance Regulators Weigh Consumer Protections for Data Collection, Use April 10, 2017 By Joseph S. Harrington, CPCU, ARP The incorporation of big data from Internet-based sources is a defining feature of underwriting and rating in today’s property/casualty insurance...
ProPublica, Consumer Reports Hit Back, Cite ‘Errors’ in Industry Criticism of Their Auto Insurance Report April 7, 2017 ProPublica and Consumer Reports have issued a response to the opinion column by Insurance Information Institute’s James Lynch criticizing their...
Insurance Rates for Architects, Engineers Stabilize or Decline in 2016: Survey April 7, 2017 Although a slim majority of insurance companies providing architects and engineers professional liability insurance saw their rates stabilize in 2016,...
Chubb Names Gunter North America Commercial Chief to Succeed Retiring Pozzi April 7, 2017 Scott Gunter has been appointed senior vice president, Chubb Group, and division president, North America Commercial Insurance. In his new...
QBE North America Names Attune’s Friesenhahn to Lead Multinational Unit April 7, 2017 QBE North America has appointed Richard Friesenhahn as head of Multinational for North America. Based in New York, Friesenhahn will...
Civil Rights Ruling Protecting Gay Employees Likely Headed to Supreme Court: View April 7, 2017 By Cass R. Sunstein, Bloomberg View Everyone agrees that under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, employers are forbidden from discriminating on the...
OSHA Delays Obama Silica Safety Standard for Construction Industry April 7, 2017 The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced a delay in enforcement of the crystalline silica...
Trump’s FDA Chief Cites Opioid Epidemic As Top Priority April 7, 2017 By Anna Edney Opioid painkillers that have led to thousands of deaths and new drug addicts should be the highest priority of the...
U.S. Weather in March to Cost Insurers More than $2 Billion: Aon April 7, 2017 Four severe weather outbreaks in the U.S. throughout March led to extensive damage in the central and eastern parts of...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Sues Goodyear Over Asbestos Claims April 7, 2017 By Jonathan Stempel An insurance unit of Warren Buffett’s conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said it has sued Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co to...