Underwriting
California Wildfire Victims Balk at Utility’s Plan to Cap Payments
PG&E Corp's plan to cap payments to victims of California wildfires blamed on the power producer is "totally unacceptable," a lawyer representing victims in the utility's bankruptcy case said on ...
The Latest Launches From Coalition, Liberty Mutual/Ironshore and Aon
Coalition launched an incentive program designed to encourage policyholders to implement cyber attack mitigation known as MFA. Liberty Mutual's Ironshore Environmental is introducing a smartphone app ...
Updated Hurricane Dorian Insured Loss Estimates Calculated for U.S., Caribbean
Hurricane Dorian may be history, but catastrophe modeling firms are still calculating insured losses for damage the storm inflicted on the U.S. and Caribbean region. Karen Clark & Co. issued an ...
Benefits Abound With Investments in Climate Change Adaptation
Investing $1.8 trillion between 2020 and 2030 in projects to help communities adapt to the worsening impacts of climate change could yield $7.1 trillion in economic benefits, according to a report ...
Facebook Users Gain Liability Leverage in Cambridge Analytica Suit
Facebook Inc. users suing over the social network's worst-ever privacy scandal gained leverage to pry into its internal records to back up their claims that it failed to safeguard their personal ...
Root Insurance Secures $350M Financing to Fuel Accelerated Expansion
Root Insurance confirmed it has pulled in a $350 million venture capital infusion, a few weeks after news of the imminent financing leaked early. The Wall Street Journal reported in late August that ...
Loss Creep Brings End to Soft Market: Guy Carpenter
In a report published this weekend, Guy Carpenter explains that extended development from North American hurricane losses and losses from non-peak perils like California wildfires have finally jolted ...
China Regulators Cap How Much Insurers Can Invest in Their Shareholders
China's banking and insurance regulator on Monday capped how much insurance firms can invest in their shareholders, aiming to curb risks linked to the misuse of financial resources. China is ...