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Britain Faces More Extreme Weather, Rising Flood Costs
Torrential rain and gale force winds battered northern Britain on Wednesday, cutting power to thousands of homes and forcing some to evacuate flooded streets in the third major storm in a month. The ...
Huge Workers Comp Issue: Premium/Payroll Misclassification
Premium misclassification or payroll misclassification is a significant issue for the workers' compensation industry, according to Bret Shroyer, a solutions architect for Denver, Colo.-based Valen ...
$1.2 Billion: Insured Loss Estimate Thus Far From Dallas Tornadoes
Texas is dealing with approximately $1.2 billion in insured losses so far from 9 confirmed tornadoes that struck the metro-Dallas area on Dec. 26 and killed 11 people, according to preliminary ...
Mississippi River Floods Disrupt Shipping
Floods after heavy rain shut 5 miles of the Mississippi River, the biggest U.S. inland shipping channel, and waters were forecast to climb to record levels in parts of Missouri and Illinois later ...
Facebook Must Face Shareholder Class Actions Over IPO
A federal judge has certified two shareholder class actions accusing Facebook Inc of hiding concerns about its growth forecasts prior to the social media company's May 2012 initial public offering. ...
Zurich Insurance and the Other Top News Stories of 2015
What's ailing Zurich Insurance? That question was the focus of Carrier Management's top news story in 2015, a piece that drew enormous reader interest. Switzerland's largest insurer faced plenty of ...
Hyatt Hotels System Infected with Credit-Card-Stealing Malware
Hyatt Hotels Corp said on Wednesday that its payment processing system was infected with credit-card-stealing malware in an attack discovered three weeks ago, the latest in a series of breaches at ...
U.K. Storm Claim Tally Could Hit $2.2B: KPMG Estimate
U.K. insurers may face claims totaling as much as 1.5 billion pounds ($2.2 billion) from businesses and homeowners for damage caused by two storms this month, according to consultant KPMG LLP. Heavy ...