Claims & Reserving
Report: False Positive Cyber Security Alerts Adding Unnecessary Cost
It is common knowledge at this point that cyber attacks are increasing in their frequency, scope and cost to businesses around the world. But falsely positive cyber security alerts are also taking ...
Obama Pushes For Cybersecurity Legislation; Contractors to Gain Initially
Symantec Corp. and other cybersecurity companies stand to gain from President Barack Obama's push to increase computer network protection in the private sector and U.S. agencies. Obama called on ...
State Auto Discloses Strengthened Prior Year Loss Expense Reserves
State Auto Financial Corp., a super regional property/casualty insurance holding company, has disclosed two big financial developments: strengthened prior year loss expense reserves and an adverse ...
Global Nuclear Accident Compensation Fund Launches With Japan Signing
Japan signed on to a global nuclear- compensation treaty in Vienna that will create a fund to help victims of accidents like the one that devastated Fukushima Dai- Ichi in 2011. The Convention on ...
Liberty Mutual: Overexertion and Falls Add the Most to U.S. Workers Comp Costs
Overexertion and falls account for more than $25 billion in workers compensation costs in the U.S., according to Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety's 2014 Workplace Safety Index. In its ...
Asbestos Losses Poised to Rise as Litigation Strategy Evolves
U.S. property/casualty net asbestos losses are holding steady at $85 million. But that number could change in the future due to some big-time litigation variables, A.M. Best said in a new special ...
Guy Carpenter Reinsurance Pricing Index Plunges 11 Percent
Prices charged by reinsurers for annual contracts renewed this month declined for a second straight year amid an absence of costly disasters, Guy Carpenter said. "Reinsurance pricing fell in many ...
Verisk: Cat Bond Issuance Hit Record Levels for Second Year in a Row
For the second year in a row, catastrophe bond issuance has hit record levels, an annual tally from the Property Claim Services unit of Verisk Insurance Solutions has concluded. Bond levels reached ...