How Regulators Caught Volkswagen’s Diesel Deception September 25, 2015 By David Morgan, Paul Lienert and Timothy Gardner The confession of cheating that’s embroiled Volkswagen AG in one of the biggest scandals in auto industry history came on...
Workers’ Compensation Premiums Up 5.3% in First Half of 2015: Demotech September 25, 2015 By Steven J. Groeschen Workers’ compensation insurers reported a 5.3 percent increase in direct written premiums during the first six months of 2015 versus...
CoreLogic Adds Probabilistic Flood Model to Risk Management Program September 25, 2015 CoreLogic, a residential property information, analytics and data-enabled services provider, has released an expanded version of its natural catastrophe risk...
Scottsdale Names Nelson to Lead Contract Underwriting September 24, 2015 Surplus lines carrier Scottsdale Insurance Co. has named David Nelson as the leader of contract underwriting. Nelson has been with...
Health Insurer CEOs Defend Big Mergers Before Senate September 24, 2015 By Marcy Gordon and Tom Murphy Leaders of two major health insurers planning multibillion dollar acquisitions made their case to Congress this week that bigger can...
Treasury Names 9 to Panel on Private Insurance Market for Terrorism Risk September 24, 2015 The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced the appointment of nine people to serve as members of the Advisory...
Music Publisher Loses Bid Over Copyright for ‘Happy Birthday’ Song September 24, 2015 A U.S. judge on Tuesday ruled that Warner/Chappell Music does not own a valid copyright to one of the world’s...
WSJ: Towers Watson CEO Haley Sold Shares During Willis Merger Talks September 24, 2015 Towers Watson & Co. Chief Executive John Haley sold shares in the human resources consultancy for a profit of about...
Marsh, Munich Re Launch Non-Damage Business Interruption Coverage for Life Sciences September 23, 2015 Marsh and Munich Re have launched non-damage business interruption insurance (NDBI) product that combines risk transfer and consulting services to...
Brit Invests in Transaction Insurance Specialist Broker Ambridge September 23, 2015 Ambridge Partners LLC, a managing general underwriter of transactional insurance products, announced that specialty insurer Brit Limited has made a...