Underwriting
Hiscox, American Family-Backed Startup Unveils Small Business Digital Insurance Marketplace
Bunker, a Hiscox and American Family-backed startup billing itself as the first contract-related insurance marketplace, has officially left stealth mode and unveiled its first product. The target ...
Climate Change Produces New Insurance Challenges All Around
Climate change is creating insurance challenges in multiple ways. The National Climate Assessment, a report released by the U.S. Global Change Research Program argues that climate change increases ...
Hurricane Matthew Revving up Trouble for Carribbean Nations
Hurricane Matthew intensified en route to Haiti on Monday, bringing 140-mile-per-hour (220 kph) winds and torrential rain that could wreak havoc in Caribbean nations that had yet to evacuate ...
VW, U.S. Dealerships Propose $1.2B Emissions-Cheating Accord
Volkswagen AG is asking a judge to approve its $1.2 billion agreement with its U.S. dealerships for losses caused by its emissions-cheating scandal. The proposed settlement increases the amount VW ...
Brexit Trigger to be Pulled by March 2017: British PM Theresa May
Prime Minister Theresa May said she'll begin the U.K.'s withdrawal from the European Union in the first quarter of 2017 in her clearest announcement yet about her government's Brexit strategy. The ...
Obesity Linked to Higher Workers Compensation Costs in New Study
Obese and overweight workers are more likely to incur high costs related to workers compensation claims for major injuries, reports a study in the September Journal of Occupational and Environmental ...
Jury Orders Costco to Pay $5.5M for Selling Fake Tiffany Rings
Costco Wholesale Corp should hand over $5.5 million to compensate Tiffany & Co for selling counterfeit Tiffany diamond engagement rings, a federal jury said on Thursday. Tiffany is also entitled ...
The Latest Launches From Aon and Liberty Mutual
Aon developed a new cyber risk policy, designed, in part, to address "Internet of Things" risks. Liberty Mutual has two new excess casualty coverage products. *** Aon Risk Solutions says it has ...