Managing Sexual Harassment Risk in the #MeToo Era May 24, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Since October 2017 when the #MeToo era began and sexual harassment claims against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein were revealed, insurers...
Union Claims Amazon Illegally Fired Activist Employee March 21, 2019 By Josh Eidelson A union organizing Amazon.com Inc. employees in New York has filed a complaint accusing the company of illegally firing one...
Zurich to Shift $2B of UK Legacy Employers’ Liability Policies to Catalina December 17, 2018 Zurich Insurance plc has entered into an agreement with Catalina, a specialist acquirer of legacy insurance portfolios, to transfer its...
Conservative Ex-Google Engineer’s Bias Complaint Goes to Arbitration October 22, 2018 By Robert Burnson The engineer who sued Google after he was fired for blasting the company with allegations of anti-conservative bias won’t get...
Gender, Seniority Key Factors in Workplace Harassment: Hiscox Survey September 5, 2018 More than one-third (35 percent) of employees in the U.S. feel they’ve experienced workplace harassment, and half of them believe...
Barnes & Noble Calls Fired CEO’s Defamation Claims ‘Lies and Mischaracterizations’ August 29, 2018 By Jonathan Stempel Barnes & Noble Inc. was sued on Tuesday by a former chief executive officer who said the largest U.S. bookstore...
Embroker Launches Direct-to-Customer Online D&O Policy for Startups August 8, 2018 Embroker, a digital commercial insurance brokerage, has launched a fully digital directors and officers (D&O) insurance policy, specifically designed for...