How Casualty Actuaries Help Insurers Manage Nanotech, Other Emerging Risks July 16, 2013 Casualty actuaries can help insurers meet the demand for new products by identifying, analyzing and pricing new risks, according to...
W.R. Berkley Appoints Levine VP, Chief Marketing Officer July 16, 2013 W. R. Berkley Corp. has appointed Jonathan M. Levine to the office of vice president and chief marketing officer. Levine...
BP Gulf Oil Victims Challenge Economic Damages Claim Settlements July 16, 2013 By Laurel Brubaker Calkins and Margaret Cronin Fisk BP Plc’s $8.2 billion settlement of most private economic-damage claims from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill is unfair...
Obama Administration Under Fire for Delay on Chemical Plant Safety July 16, 2013 By Mark Drajem The Obama administration’s lack of action to impose recommended changes to make refineries, chemical factories and sugar plants safer is...
Ratings Roundup: Al Fajer, Tunis Re, Eastern Re July 16, 2013 A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has revised the outlook to stable from negative and affirmed the financial strength...
Report Says Seas May Rise over 7+ feet Per Degree Celsius of Global Warming July 16, 2013 By Erik Kirschbaum Sea levels could rise by 2.3 meters [app. 7.66 feet] for each degree Celsius [1.8°F] that global temperatures increase and...
Survivors of Quebec Train Crash to File Class Action Lawsuit July 16, 2013 By Phil Wahba Two residents of the Quebec town of Lac-Megantic, where a runaway train derailed and exploded into a wall of fire...
Battery in Honeywell Locator May Have Caused 787 Fire: Source July 16, 2013 By Alwyn Scott and Andrea Shalal-Esa Investigators are looking into whether a fire on a Boeing Dreamliner in London last week was caused by the battery...
Surge in Brain Trauma Among Young Athletes Spurs Call for Action July 16, 2013 By Samuel Adams A surge in sports-related brain injuries among the youth is pushing U.S. health officials to call for public policy changes...
Insurer Group: Colorado’s Black Forest Fire $292.8 Million July 15, 2013 The most destructive wildfire in Colorado history caused $292.8 million in insured losses, according to a preliminary report issued on...