PLUS Panelists Warn Insurers Not to Get Comfortable Riding the Cyber Rollercoaster March 3, 2023 By Elizabeth Blosfield Jeremy Gittler, practice leader and head of Cyber Americas at AXA XL, thinks of the cyber insurance industry as a...
Experts Confirm Cyber Incidents Up Since Invasion of Ukraine; Insurance Underwriters Adapting March 16, 2022 By Elizabeth Blosfield Since the start of the war in Ukraine, the number of cyber incidents in the U.S. has increased, and underwriters...
Agents Warned About E&O Risks in Claiming Cyber, Cannabis Expertise December 14, 2018 By Denise Johnson Insurance agents and brokers who market themselves as experts in cannabis or cyber could wind up regretting that positioning. Because...
New Insurance Policy Protects Homebuyers’ Down Payment October 13, 2015 By Andrew G. Simpson Homebuyers may soon be able to buy insurance to protect their down payments in the event they sell their home...
PLUS Names Thompson as Executive Director June 25, 2015 Robbie Thompson has been hired as the new executive director for Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS). Thompson brings 18 years...
PLUS Conference: Global Risks, Governance and Hypocrisy November 5, 2013 By Andrew G. Simpson America’s European allies are being hypocritical in their complaints about the U.S. spying on them because they all have their...
World Needs Insurance Industry to Be ‘Bold’ and ‘Sexy’ Now, PLUS Told November 4, 2013 By Andrew G. Simpson It’s time for the insurance industry to be “bold” and “sexy” in creating new insurance products and services to help...
P/C Insurers Face Obstacles on Road to Hard Market February 24, 2012 By Andrew G. Simpson With interest rates low and looking like they will stay low for some time to come, property/casualty insurance companies will...
Atypical P/C Executive: Chartis CEO Hancock on Fear, Regulation, Science and More February 22, 2012 By Andrew G. Simpson The keynote speaker told the professional liability insurance underwriters that regulation is not the enemy of business growth, the plaintiffs’...
Insurers Eye Increased Risk of Public Entities in Era of Cutbacks November 4, 2011 By Don Jergler The climate of government cutbacks is forcing public entities to reduce expenditures while trying not to greatly increase their risk...