U.S. Opens Skies to Test Use of Aerial Drones December 31, 2013 By Alwyn Scott The U.S. government took a step on Monday toward opening the skies to aerial drones, authorizing six sites where unmanned...
P/C Industry Supportive But Cautious on Federal Insurance Office Recommendations December 13, 2013 By Andrea Wells Insurers, agents, brokers and state regulators welcome modernization and improvements in the current regulation of insurance, but are not so...
Federal Insurance Office Releases Long-Awaited Modernization Report December 12, 2013 After nearly two years of delay, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Federal Insurance Office (FIO) today released its report...
U.S. Expected to Seek Limits on Car Touchscreens April 25, 2013 U.S. traffic safety regulators are expected to propose stronger measures to keep drivers from being distracted by in-car touchscreens. Transportation...
A Future Without the Terrorism Insurance Backstop? January 18, 2013 By Brian Finch and Robert Cruz The federal backstop that is widely credited with establishing today’s robust terrorism insurance market may be gone in just 24...
Ullico to Offer Policies through Alterra America January 14, 2013 Ullico Inc. has announced that its subsidiary, Ullico Casualty Group, Inc., will begin writing and renewing multiemployer and government fiduciary...
Congress Repeals Insurance Booklet Mandate at Car Dealerships December 26, 2012 The U.S. Senate has approved legislation that would eliminate the requirement that new-car dealerships keep on hand an information booklet...
States Plan to Sue EPA Over Greenhouse Gas Regulations December 12, 2012 By Andrew Longstreth A coalition of seven eastern states led by New York plans to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing...
Viewpoint: Trade Sanctions and Risk Management December 5, 2012 By Kathleen Ellis The U.S. government has increasingly used laws and regulations that impose economic sanctions on others as an instrument to advance...
China’s Ping An Considers Legal Action vs. NY Times after Family Wealth Exposé November 26, 2012 China’s second-biggest insurance company has threatened to take legal action against the New York Times for reports that Premier Wen...