Sony Calls on Insurers to Help Pay for Data Breach May 6, 2011 By Jim Finkle and Liana B. Baker Sony is looking to its insurers to help pay for its massive data breach, an amount that one expert estimates...
Markel Programs, Whorton Insurance to Offer Mobile Food Vendor Program May 5, 2011 Markel Programs has partnered with Whorton Insurance Services, Inc., a managing general agency, to offer immediate availability of a multi-line...
Terrorism Risks Lead Professionals to Refuse Business Trips May 5, 2011 Growing concerns over worldwide terrorism have caused some professionals to refuse going on business trips. Half of all respondents to...
Report: Workers’ Comp Line Deteriorates Further in 2010 May 5, 2011 Workers’ compensation continued to worsen in 2010 as the combined ratio jumped five points to 115 in 2010 from 2009....
Insurers Fight Over Flood Insurance Policies Dropped by State Farm May 5, 2011 By Kevin Drawbaugh Major U.S. insurers jostled on Capitol Hill this week over control of 800,000 former State Farm flood insurance policies as...
Whistleblowers Not Protected for Media Leaks, Federal Court Rules May 5, 2011 Whistleblower protections in a federal accounting law do not cover leaks to the media, a U.S. appeals court has ruled,...
C-Suite Executives Now Expect More from Risk Managers May 4, 2011 The financial crisis has raised the expectations that executives in the C-suite have of their risk managers to be leaders...
Brooke Insurance Franchise Executives Settle SEC Fraud Charges May 4, 2011 Five executives of the failed Kansas-based insurance agency franchise firm Brooke Corp. have agreed to settle charges of financial fraud...
Small Business Owners Concerned Over Taxes, Healthcare Issues May 4, 2011 Tax-related regulations and concerns over health care burden many small business owners today. Nearly two out of three business owners...
Survey: Commercial Lines Prices Fall 3% in Q1 May 4, 2011 Commercial property/casualty pricing declined again with an average decline 3 percent in the first quarter of 2011. But according to...