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ACE Study: Reputation the Hardest Risk to Manage

Ninety-two percent of companies believe that reputational risk is the most challenging category of risk to manage, according to a major new study from ACE Group conducted across 15 countries within its EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region. ACE’s …

How Red Bull Handled Product Tampering Threat Could Pay Off

Austrian company Red Bull’s unusual decision to go public on a blackmailer’s threat to contaminate its energy drinks with feces could cost the brand far less long-term than any immediate hit to sales. Known for investing heavily in marketing its …

Dallas-Based Prize Insurer Sues Lance Armstrong for $12M

A Dallas-based firm that specializes in insuring promotions and prizes has filed suit against Lance Armstrong seeking to recoup millions in prize money awarded to the former professional cyclist for winning the Tour de France beginning in 2002 through 2004. …

Business Should Prepare for Potential East, Gulf Coast Port Strike: Marsh

A potential labor strike by longshoremen in ports from Maine to Texas at the end of the year could have devastating economic consequences as inventory depletion, rerouting, hoarding, and price speculation ripple through supply chains of global companies, insurance broker …

ACE USA’s Excess Casualty Unit Expands Catastrophe Management Coverage

ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operations of the ACE Group, has expanded its catastrophe management insurance products with the introduction of the ACE Cat Management 2.5 endorsement by its ACE Excess Casualty Unit. This endorsement is designed to supplement ACE’s …

LinkedIn Risks Reputation Damage Over Password Leaks, Silence

LinkedIn Corp.’s silence on the extent of a security breach that exposed millions of user passwords has damaged its reputation among some business professionals, and may slow the growing company’s rise if the breach turns out to be more serious …

Departing Goldman Sachs Banker Slams ‘Rip-Off’ Culture

Goldman Sachs faced an unprecedented assault from one of its own on Wednesday after a banker published a withering resignation letter in the New York Times, calling the Wall Street titan a “toxic” place where managing directors referred to their …

As Consumer Power Goes Viral, Risk of Reputational Damage Grows

Corporate America’s worst nightmare lives in a tiny one-bedroom apartment, loves browsing in flea markets and has a lop-eared brown and white pet rabbit named Crackers. Meet Molly Katchpole. The 22-year-old Washington, D.C. resident has recently tangled with a couple …

Special Report: Top 10 Innovative P/C Insurance Products

A wave of new product offerings is jeopardizing the property/casualty insurance industry’s image as uncool. Since the beginning of the year, dozens of property/casualty insurers have announced innovative protections for risks involving new technologies, current economic concerns, personal and family …