3M, DuPont Defeat Massive Class Action Over Forever Chemicals November 28, 2023 By Clark Mindock A U.S. appeals court on Monday handed 3M, Corteva Inc subsidiary E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co and other...
Markets/Coverages: Canopius Expands Into US Excess Casualty Market September 19, 2023 Canopius Group, the London-based specialty re/insurer, announced the strategic expansion of its U.S. casualty business with its entry into the...
Global Insurance Prices Continue to Moderate in Q2 With Exception of Property: Marsh July 31, 2023 Global commercial insurance pricing rose 3% in the second quarter of 2023, down from 4% in Q1, according to Marsh,...
Chubb’s Greenberg: Start Questioning the Societal Benefits of Litigation Funding May 4, 2023 By Chad Hemenway Chubb CEO Evan Greenberg said society and the business community need to start asking questions regarding the purpose of third-party...
Koch Industries Gets $2.5B in Dividends From Unit That Offloaded Asbestos Liability January 26, 2023 By Dan Levine and Mike Spector Industrial conglomerate Koch Industries received nearly $2.5 billion in dividend payments last year from its Georgia-Pacific unit, which had spun...
How a Bankruptcy ‘Innovation’ Halted Thousands of Lawsuits from Sick Plaintiffs June 24, 2022 By Dan Levine and Mike Spector Attorney Greg Gordon sat before a packed hotel ballroom of bankruptcy lawyers who had come to hear him hold court...
‘Forever Chemicals’ Pose Risk Even at Very Low Levels: EPA June 20, 2022 By Matthew Daly The Environmental Protection Agency is warning that two nonstick and stain-resistant compounds found in drinking water are more dangerous than...
Advice for Casualty Insurance Brokers: ‘Get Out of the Pajamas’ April 13, 2022 By Chad Hemenway Asked for the latest thoughts on the role of the broker in managing client expectations against the headwinds of a...
PFAS, Microplastics, Baby Food: Emerging Casualty Risks Keep Coming April 8, 2022 By Chad Hemenway There is no longer a need to ponder the “next asbestos” because the current litigation environment and the recent pace...
People Moves: Hiscox Hires Starr’s Buchanan as Casualty Dir.; Sharpe, Griffiths to Inver Re’s Exec Team; Plumptre, Fox Join Blenheim Underwriting’s Political Risk Team November 19, 2021 This edition of International People Moves details appointments at insurer Hiscox, the reinsurance broker Inver Re, and the Lloyd’s managing...