Study Links Obesity to Higher Workers’ Compensation Costs September 30, 2016 Obese and overweight workers are more likely to incur high costs related to workers’ compensation claims for major injuries, reports...
Mutual Boiler Re Adds Risk Improvement Coverage to Equipment Breakdown Policies September 30, 2016 Mutual Boiler Re, a provider of equipment breakdown reinsurance and related services to insurance companies in North America, is now...
ESIS Launches Life Sciences, Real Estate, and Staffing Industry Practices September 30, 2016 ESIS, Inc., Chubb’s risk management products division, has launched three new industry practices for life sciences, real estate and hospitality,...
Obama Administration Releases Rules on Paid Sick Leave, Pay Data Reporting September 29, 2016 By Daniel Wiessner The Obama administration on Thursday finalized rules requiring federal contractors to provide paid sick leave to employees and expanding the...
Supreme Court to Hear ‘Disparaging’ Trademark Case Similar to NFL’s Redskins’ September 29, 2016 By Greg Stohr The U.S. Supreme Court accepted a new case with implications for the Washington Redskins’ name controversy, agreeing to decide whether...
Fitch Assesses Slowdown in E&S Market September 29, 2016 Excess and surplus lines underwriters continued to outperform the U.S. property/casualty industry at large in terms of combined ratio in...
Greenberg Pressed for Details on Auto-Warranty Program in Reinsurance Trial September 29, 2016 By Chris Dolmetsch, Bloomberg A New York state court judge warned Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, the 91-year-old former chairman of American International Group Inc., that...
Corporate Pilots Often Neglect Required Safety Checks September 29, 2016 By Alan Levin Corporate pilots routinely take off without performing required safety checks, a study of thousands of flights by a trade group...
Liberty Mutual Adds 2 Excess Casualty Products for Large Companies September 29, 2016 Liberty Mutual Insurance has launched two new excess casualty products for large companies: the Utility Follow Form Excess for the...
NAMIC Taps Harford Mutual’s Linkous as Chairman September 28, 2016 The new chairman of the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies is Steve Linkous, president and CEO of Bel Air,...