Supreme Court Justices Question State Farm Appeal of Katrina Jury Verdict November 2, 2016 By Lawrence Hurley The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared unlikely to throw out a jury verdict against State Farm that found the insurance...
Towergate Renames London Market Broking Business as ‘Bishopsgate’ November 2, 2016 Towergate has renamed its London market broking business as “Bishopsgate.” Formerly known as Towergate London Market, Bishopsgate aims to give...
Capsicum Re Latin America Taps Ribeiro and Nunes from Carpenter, Aon Benfield November 2, 2016 Capsicum Re, the London-based specialist reinsurance broker, announce it has hired Marcio Ribeiro and Júlia Nunes to Capsicum Re Latin...
Corporations Have ‘Alarmingly High’ Failure Rate with Their Cyber Defenses: Accenture November 2, 2016 By Matthew Kalman About one-third of targeted attempts to breach corporations’ cyber defenses succeed but three-quarters of executives remain unaccountably confident in their...
Georgia Orders Property Insurers to Report Hurricane Matthew Claims Data November 2, 2016 The Georgia Department of Insurance is ordering all insurers operating in the state to report claims information related to Hurricane...
$151M Settlement Reached Over 2014 Chemical Spill in West Virginia November 2, 2016 By John Raby A federal judge on Monday tentatively approved a $151 million settlement involving two companies sued over a 2014 chemical spill...
Colonial Pipeline Explosion in Alabama Injures 7, Causes 2 Wildfires November 2, 2016 By Jay Reeves and Jeff Martin An explosion along the Colonial Pipeline in rural Alabama injured at least seven workers Monday not far from where the...
IICF Teams with Sesame Street Character to Promote Early Reading November 1, 2016 The Children’s Bureau, a Los Angeles, Calif., area nonprofit, recently received a visit from Sesame Street’s Abby Caddaby as a...
Schinnerer Expands Builders Risk Program November 1, 2016 Victor O. Schinnerer & Company, an underwriting manager, has expanded its Builders Risk program to now include coverage for commercial...
Company Behind Giant Florida Sinkhole Hopes it Will be Plugged by Spring November 1, 2016 By Tamara Lush and Jason Dearen A massive sinkhole at a fertilizer plant should be plugged by spring, months after contaminated water and waste began flowing...