Underwriting
Trade Secrets Stolen in Massive Cyber Attack Against Steelmaker ThussenKrupp
Technical trade secrets were stolen from the steel production and manufacturing plant design divisions of ThyssenKrupp AG in cyber attacks earlier this year, the German company said on Thursday. ...
Berkley Sees Both Brexit and Trump as Having Minimal Impact
There could be more political surprises coming after the U.S. election of Donald Trump and Britain's vote to exit from the European Union but one leading insurance executive isn't too worried. "I ...
Cyence’s CEO Sees an Urgent Need to Model Cyber Risk
Property/casualty insurers continue to explore ways to better insure cyber risk. Cyence digs deeper, modeling the financial impact cyber events can cause. Launched a little over two years ago in ...
Credit Guarantee & Investment Facility Executes Inaugural Treaty Led by Munich Re
The Credit Guarantee and Investment Facility (CGIF)* announced it has executed its inaugural reinsurance treaty, with a panel of market leading private reinsurers, led by the specialist credit ...
J&J Will Appeal $1B Verdict in Recent Artificial Hip Implant Trial
Johnson & Johnson will challenge the fairness of a trial that produced a verdict of $1 billion in damages against the company last week over allegations of design flaws in its Pinnacle hip ...
U.S. Regulators Are Missing Commercial Drone Safety Violations: Govt. Report
U.S. aviation regulators approved commercial drone applications so quickly in recent years that they missed safety violations and took few enforcement actions, a government watchdog report concluded. ...
State Farm Loses Hurricane Fraud Case in U.S. Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday handed a victory to two whistleblower sisters by upholding a jury verdict that found State Farm defrauded the U.S. government when the insurance company assessed damage ...
Xceedance Opens Operations Center in Poland
Xceedance said its new operations center in Poland is open for business. The property/casualty insurance technology, analytics and consulting services provider said the facility is designed to help ...