Protecting Individual Privacy in World of Wearable Devices December 23, 2014 The increasing presence of wearable cameras — such as smartphones, Google Glass and lifelogging devices like the Narrative Clip and...
A.M. Best: Iowa’s Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Under Review December 23, 2014 A.M. Bestplaced under review with negative implications the financial strength rating of A (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating of...
Large-Truck Crash Deaths Increase for Fourth Year December 23, 2014 The number of people killed in large-truck crashes increased for the fourth straight year, bucking a trend of overall improvement...
PERILS Posts Final $513.5 Million Loss Estimate on 2013 Windstorm Dirk December 23, 2014 PERILS AG announced that its “fourth and final” loss estimate for windstorm Dirk, which affected the UK and France from...
Catlin Insurance to Sell Stake in Box Innovation Group Ltd. to Aioi December 23, 2014 Bermuda-based Catlin Group Limited announced that its subsidiary, Catlin Insurance Company Ltd. (CICL), has entered into an agreement for the...
Georgia Man Charged in Cellphone Insurance Scam December 23, 2014 State officials in Georgia said a Covington man has been arrested in a scheme to obtain new cellphones by defrauding...
Bicyclist Seeks North Carolina Supreme Court Review of Damages Case December 23, 2014 A Durham bicyclist hit by a car in 2009 is asking the North Carolina Supreme Court to allow her to...
Risk Modelers Working on Tools for Gauging Cyber Attack Risk December 23, 2014 By Luciana Lopez Even as the Sony Corp. cyber attack laid bare the kinds of vulnerabilities that typically drive companies to buy insurance...
Delta Lloyd Ordered to Dismiss CFO, Fined by Dutch Regulator December 23, 2014 By Martijn van der Starre and Maud van Gaal Delta Lloyd NV said the Dutch central bank ordered it to dismiss Chief Financial Officer Emiel Roozen by 2016 and...
Top Firms’ Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rise, Despite Call for Cuts December 23, 2014 By Alister Doyle Greenhouse gas emissions by the world’s top 500 companies rose 3.1 percent from 2010 to 2013, far off the cuts...