U.S. Cyber Insurers Face Changing Landscape; Top 20 Cyber Insurers July 22, 2020 Cyber insurers have been enjoying a profitable run for several years but are now facing a changed risk landscape with...
QBE Expects H1 2020 Loss of US$750M on COVID-19, Natural Catastrophe Claims July 22, 2020 QBE Insurance Group expects to report a first-half, after-tax loss of around $750 million, mainly due to COVID-19 claims and...
85 Crew Members on Alaskan Fishing Boat Infected with COVID July 22, 2020 A factory fishing vessel that docked in the Alaska fishing port of Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands has 85...
Nevada Gig Workers Should Get Stopped Benefits, Judge Rules July 22, 2020 By Ken Ritter A Nevada judge said the state unemployment office has to begin paying pandemic relief benefits to out-of-work gig and independent...
Miner BHP Calls $6.3B English Lawsuit over Brazil Dam Collapse ‘Pointless and Wasteful’ July 22, 2020 By Kirstin Ridley and Zandi Shabalala Anglo-Australian miner BHP has dismissed as pointless and wasteful a 5 billion pound ($6.3 billion) English lawsuit by 200,000 Brazilian...
Magnitude 3.7 Earthquake Hits Southwest Utah July 22, 2020 A minor earthquake struck a remote corner of Utah early Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The USGS reported that...
California Court Upholds Monsanto Cancer Verdict, Slashes Damages to $21.5M July 22, 2020 A California appeals court has upheld a groundbreaking verdict that Monsanto’s widely used weed killer caused cancer in a school...
Coronavirus, Civil Riot, Investment Losses Take Bite Out of W.R. Berkley Q2 Profit July 22, 2020 Larger investment losses and COVID-19 took a substantial bite out of W.R. Berkley’s 2019 second-quarter net income, but the specialty...
Inconsistent Data Hinders Climate Risk Comparisons for Insurers, Banks: Regulator July 22, 2020 By Huw Jones Comparing how banks and insurers from different countries cope with climate change is being hampered by a lack of consistent...
First Charges Filed Under New York’s Cyber Reg Involve First American Data Leak July 22, 2020 By Elizabeth Blosfield The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has filed cybersecurity charges against a title insurance provider for exposing...