Agent, Cyber-Educate Yourself – and Your Clients November 2, 2015 By Stephanie K. Jones A recent report showing that cyber insurance premiums will grow globally from $2 billion annually to more than $20 billion...
Odyssey Partners Completes Acquisition of Broker Integro November 2, 2015 New York private equity firm Odyssey Investment Partners has completed its acquisition of specialty insurance brokerage Integro Ltd. Financial details...
Top 25 Workers’ Compensation Insurers November 2, 2015 The U.S. workers’ compensation market saw solid gains in 2014, thanks in part to premium increases and favorable claims frequency....
As Activist Investors Circle, AIG Posts Q3 Loss; Plans to Cut 400 Jobs November 2, 2015 By Sonali Basak American International Group Inc., the insurer facing pressure from activist shareholder Carl Icahn for a breakup, posted a third-quarter loss...
Moody’s Says Splitting Up AIG Would Be Credit Negative November 2, 2015 Moody’s Investor Service today said that a break-up of American International Group (AIG) and removal of its systemically important financial...
Ace Names North American Claims Team with Chubb’s Miller, Ace’s Poetzsch as Executive VPs November 2, 2015 Ace Ltd. has named the future claims leadership team it intends to appoint for the company’s North America Insurance division...
Fireman’s Fund’s Skrynecki Joins QBE North America as VP Agriculture November 2, 2015 QBE North America has appointed Glenn Skrynecki as vice president for agriculture in its property/casualty division. In this national role,...
Insurance Journal’s Jergler Wins Folio Award; Carrier Management Recognized November 2, 2015 By Andrew G. Simpson Wells Media Group’s Carrier Management and Insurance Journal publications took home honors from this year’s Folio Awards that recognize excellence...
El Faro Owner Seeks U.S. Maritime Liability Limit on Death Claims November 2, 2015 By Barbara Liston The owner of the U.S. cargo ship El Faro that sank in a powerful hurricane off the Bahamas nearly a...
Supreme Court to Hear Spokeo ‘Non-Injury’ Class Action Today November 2, 2015 By Lawrence Hurley The U.S. Supreme Court will consider on Monday whether to nip in the bud a class action lawsuit against online...