RIMS 2017: Risk Managers in Denial Over Disruptive Technologies April 25, 2017 The 14th annual Excellence in Risk Management report finds an apparent lack of awareness among many risk professionals on existing...
Motorists Mutual, BrickStreet Mutual Finalize Joint Venture April 24, 2017 Ohio-based property/casualty insurer Motorists Mutual Insurance Co. and West Virginia-based workers’ compensation insurer BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. Inc., have been...
Supreme Court Rejects GM Use of Bankruptcy to Block Ignition Lawsuits April 24, 2017 By Andrew Chung General Motors Co.’s bid to block hundreds of lawsuits, potentially worth billions of dollars, over a deadly ignition-switch defect broke...
RIMS 2017: Why Cyber Should Be Treated as Standalone Insurance April 24, 2017 Treating cyber risk as a standalone insurance market holds the promise of unlocking the potential for meaningful coverage for both...
Tesla Pushes Back on Class Action Alleging Its Autopilot Software Is Dangerous April 24, 2017 By Kartikay Mehrotra Tesla Inc. is facing its first legal challenge over self-driving technology in a case alleging the electric carmaker sold 47,000...
AIG Study Shows How, Why M&A Insurance Claims Frequency Is Rising April 24, 2017 The frequency of insurance claims surrounding mergers and acquisitions (M&As) is rising as large deals prove risky and the average...
States to Get $485 Million for Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs April 24, 2017 By Kathleen Foody The federal government will provide states nearly half a billion dollars for prevention and treatment programs aimed at confronting the...
Intellectual Property Coverage Presents Challenges in Private D&O April 24, 2017 By Elizabeth Blosfield Physical property damage due to natural disasters, weather-related or man-made incidents, can be relatively straightforward to assess, but understanding how...
New Modeling Product From AIR Worldwide Analyzes Client Cyber Risk April 24, 2017 Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide has released a new cyber risk modeling application for the insurance and reinsurance markets. ARC...
Willis Towers Watson Names Peiser Head of Broking North America April 23, 2017 Global insurance broker and consultant Willis Towers Watson has named Joe Peiser as head of Broking, North America. Peiser will...