Underwriting
A Surge in Dog Bite Claims Stems Partially From Larger Settlements
Fido's getting more aggressive. Insurance claims for dog bites jumped 18 percent to 18,123 last year in the U.S., according to an industry group. The average attack cost $33,230, a decline from 2015, ...
The Latest Launches From AXIS and Willis Towers Watson
AXIS Capital Holdings launched a new flexible management liability insurance policy targeted to privately held companies. Willis Towers Watson came out with a product designed to address cyber ...
Executives On The Move at Chubb, XL Catlin, QBE North America and More
A former Swiss Re executive is joining XL Catlin in a leadership role. QBE North America said it will appoint a former CNA executive as its new chief underwriting officer for North America. Chubb ...
NY Regulator: States Should Use Its Cybersecurity Rules as Template
A group of U.S. state insurance regulators should use New York's sweeping cyber security rules as a model for how insurers must protect their networks from hackers and when they must disclose cyber ...
Wells Fargo Investors Urged to Unload Most Board Members Over Fake Account Scandal
Wells Fargo & Co. shareholders should vote to remove most of the bank's board members after they failed to provide "timely and sufficient risk oversight" to head off a scandal involving the ...
Chubb CEO Greenberg’s Comments on ‘Abusive’ Broker Behavior Not About U.S. Market: Industry Group
Chubb President and CEO Evan Greenberg is slamming the behavior of some brokers as "abusive," but a major industry group asserts that he wasn't referring to anyone in the U.S. market. The remarks at ...
ProPublica, Consumer Reports Respond to Criticism of Report on Auto Insurance Prices in Minority Areas
ProPublica and Consumer Reports have issued a response to the opinion column by Insurance Information Institute's James Lynch criticizing their report, Minority Neighborhoods Pay Higher Car Insurance ...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Sues Goodyear Over Covering Asbestos Claims
An insurance unit of Warren Buffett's conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway Inc said it has sued Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co to avoid having to cover asbestos-related injury claims that Goodyear said ...