Underwriting
7,000 Farmers Suing Syngenta in GMO Corn Dispute About to Get Day in Court
Farmers have to deal with threats to their crops from nature all the time. Thousands of Kansans, though, argue that Syngenta AG posed an even bigger threat by failing to prevent its genetically ...
Post-Audit, AmTrust Names Strategy/M&A Exec Karkowsky as New CFO
AmTrust named one of its executives focused on M&A as its new chief financial officer, capping a busy spring for the specialty property/casualty insurer involving a multi-year audit and efforts ...
Reinsurance Rates Continue Their Tumble at June 1 Renewals
Reinsurance rates fell for the sixth consecutive year at the June 1, 2017 renewals, according to a market commentary published by JLT Re. JLT Re cited its Risk-Adjusted Florida Property-Catastrophe ...
Executives On The Move at CNA, XL Catlin and Everest
CNA appointed a new general counsel. XL Catlin hired a new underwriter to support an expanded effort in the U.S. Everest Re Group grew its risk management underwriting team in the Midwest. *** CNA ...
Sompo International (Formerly Endurance) Will Grab Novae’s Financial Institutions’ Renewal Rights
Sompo International said its London market insurance platform will acquire Novae Syndicate Ltd.'s financial institutions renewal rights. Neither side is disclosing a specific purchase price. Through ...
New Consumer Tech Drives Opportunities for Novel Personal Insurance Products: Conning
Innovation often opens the door to new products that would never have been possible. Conning asserts in a new report that this is happening with personal lines insurance, thanks to consumers' ...
Cyber Attacks From Governments or Criminals Are Hard to Distinguish
Veteran espionage researcher Jon DiMaggio was hot on the trail three months ago of what on the face of it looked like a menacing new industrial espionage attack by Russian cyber spies. All the ...
Local Government Lawsuits Over Marketing of Opioid Painkillers Face Uphill Battle
A growing number of U.S. states, counties and cities are filing lawsuits accusing drug companies of deceptively marketing opioid painkillers to downplay their addictiveness, but some lawyers say the ...