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Carriers Writing U.S. Cyber Insurance Soared to 170 in 2017: Aon
The number of U.S. insurers providing cyber insurance keeps growing rapidly along with the ever-increasing amount of cyber attacks. As of 2017, 170 U.S. insurers reported writing cyber insurance, up ...
ACORD Debuts Cyber Data Breach Cover Standard; Aon and Beazley Helped
ACORD, the global standards-setting body for insurers, has released what it bills as the industry's first standard for cyber data breach cover. Dubbed the ACORD Cyber Data Breach Standard, it was ...
Crypto Thefts Are Surging, Spurring More Coin Money-Laundering
Criminals are stealing more cryptocurrency from exchanges, and that's driving growth in a cottage industry of services that allows for money laundering of coins, according to a new report. In the ...
Q2 2018 Insured Cat Losses Land on the Low Side: Morgan Stanley
Insurers dealt with approximately $7.1 billion in global insured catastrophe losses during the 2018 second quarter, well below the historical average, Morgan Stanley estimates in a new research note. ...
Catastrophes Dipped in 2017 But Caused More Economic Damage: Swiss Re Sigma
Though there were fewer catastrophes globally in 2017 than the previous year, they caused significantly more damage, and the year's historic hurricane season is largely to blame, according to the ...
Trade Credit Insurance Gains a Fresh Look in Wake of Trump Tariffs
Trade tensions sound like a great opportunity to underwriters of a little-known insurance product. U.S. President Donald Trump set off fears of a global trade war with tariffs on metals and an array ...
Judge Reverses $140M Lawsuit Against AbbVie Over Testosterone Replacement Risks
A U.S. judge on Thursday overturned a $140.1 million verdict against AbbVie Inc in a lawsuit by a man who claimed the company misrepresented the risks of its testosterone replacement drug AndroGel, ...
Files Seized From VW Law Firm Can Be Used in Investigation: Court Ruling
Volkswagen has lost a legal challenge to prevent prosecutors from examining unpublished documents about its emission scandal, with Germany's top court ruling on Friday that files seized from a U.S. ...