Reinsurers Pressure Life Insurers Over Vaping Health Risks December 3, 2019 By Carolyn Cohn, Suzanne Barlyn and Noor Zainab Hussain Global reinsurers are stepping up their warnings to life insurer clients about the potential risks of vaping, putting pressure on...
Last Day to Submit to Insurance Journal’s Charity Issue December 2, 2019 Insurance Journal Magazine’s Charity Issue highlights some of the many charitable tales in the insurance industry. Don’t miss your chance...
Cryptocurrency Fraud Losses Surge to $4.4 Billion: CipherTrace Report December 2, 2019 By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss Cryptocurrency theft has surged in 2019 compared with last year, with more money flowing through digital exchanges and criminals looking...
AXA XL Names AIG’s Wilbanks as Casualty, Environmental Risk Engineering Manager December 2, 2019 AXA XL Risk Consulting has appointed has appointed Sheri Wilbanks as its global Casualty & Environmental Lines of Business manager....
Judge Blocks Facebook Data Breach Victims from Suing for Damages as Group December 2, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel A federal judge said up to 29 million Facebook Inc. users whose personal information was stolen in a September 2018...
Argo Shareholders Not Alone in Wondering About CEO Corporate Jet Use December 2, 2019 By Tim McLaughlin As U.S. corporate jet use approaches pre-financial crisis levels and chief executives take an increasing number of personal trips on...
Insurers to Pay $21M of $41M Shareholder Settlement with Wynn Resorts December 1, 2019 By Edvard Pettersson Casino mogul Steve Wynn agreed to pay $20 million toward a settlement of shareholder lawsuits that claimed Wynn Resorts Ltd.’s...
More Storms. Less Damage. But 2019’s Slow Hurricanes Leave Sense of Foreboding. November 30, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan The Atlantic Ocean has spawned lots of storms this season while doing much less damage than prior years. But warming...
Argo Activist Shareholder Voce Renews Battle to Elect Independent Board Members November 27, 2019 By L.S. Howard Activist shareholder Voce Capital Management LLC is renewing its fight with the board of Argo Group International Holdings Ltd. This...
Opioid Makers, Distributors Could Face U.S. Criminal Charges November 27, 2019 By Tom Hals, Brendan Pierson and Manas Mishra Federal prosecutors are investigating six pharmaceutical companies for potential criminal charges in connection with shipping big quantities of opioid painkillers...