California Heat Stokes Fire Risk, Residents Asked to Curb Power Use June 12, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan A second day of unrelenting heat is scorching California, sending temperatures to near record levels, raising risk of wildfires and...
BHSI Opens Office in S. Australia, Taps Holland from Chubb as Underwriting Manager June 12, 2019 Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced it has expanded its presence in Australia to South Australia, opening an office in...
AXIS Re Names Sweeting from Vibe Syndicate as Head of Lloyd’s Casualty Reinsurance June 12, 2019 AXIS Re, the reinsurance business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd., announced the hiring of Joe Sweeting as head of...
British Hacker Gets 4 Years in Jail for TalkTalk Data Breach June 12, 2019 By Jonathan Browning A British man who hacked TalkTalk Telecom Group Plc, blackmailed executives and offered to supply customer data has been jailed...
Medical Errors in Massachusetts Cost Hundreds of Millions June 12, 2019 A new survey has found that nearly 62,000 medical errors in Massachusetts in one year cost about $617 million for...
China’s Anbang Insurance to Begin Selling Waldorf-Astoria Luxury Condos June 12, 2019 By Patrick Clark China’s Anbang Insurance Group Co. is scouring the globe for condo buyers looking for a little — or a lot...
New Jersey’s SageSure Insurance Managers Appoints Lange, Scott as Vice Presidents June 12, 2019 SageSure Insurance Managers, a Jersey City, N.J.-headquartered subsidiary of Insight Catastrophe Group (ICG), has appointed Alan Lange as vice president...
Risk Strategies Adds Humphreys to National Health Care Practice in Philadelphia June 12, 2019 Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has added Ward Humphreys as senior vice president...
Al Specialists omni:us and FRISS Partner to Offer Claims, Fraud Detection Services June 12, 2019 Two artificial intelligence providers — omni:us and FRISS — are teaming up to “supercharge” insurance claims management and fraud detection....
Video Believed to Show Helicopter Flying Erratically Before New York Crash June 12, 2019 By Henry Goldman and Alan Levin The helicopter that slammed into the roof of a Manhattan high-rise building on Monday was apparently captured on video minutes...