Claims & Reserving
Following the Science on Fracking, the Environment and Human Health
Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) combined with horizontal drilling has unleashed a huge oil and gas boom in the United States and redrawn the world energy map. But could this new technology result in ...
Europol Pushes For Data Law Changes to Battle Cybercrime
Law enforcers in Europe need greater powers to retain data for longer in order to catch cybercriminals selling discrete services that police cannot trace under existing regulations, according to a ...
Eight Years and Counting; Reserve Releases Continue, Fitch Says
Property/casualty industry prior-year loss reserves developed favorably for eight straight calendar years as of year-end 2013, according to a new report from Fitch Ratings, which also says the ...
Big Data Increasingly Helps Insurers Spot Risks
Insurance companies are increasingly turning to "big data" from satellites, social media and even cigarette sales at gas stations to help identify risks and build up customer profiles. Insurers and ...
Munich Re at Monte Carlo: Predictions of Moderate Growth
While many expect the global property/casualty reinsurance industry to continue its downward pricing spiral, Munich RE predicts moderate growth for itself in the near future. The world's largest ...
Navigators Expands European Operations
The Navigators Group Inc., an international specialty insurance holding company, is pursuing a European expansion. Its European underwriting management subsidiary, Navigators Underwriting Ltd., has ...
U.S. Government Will Revisit Oil Train Risks
U.S. studies of oil train dangers may have underestimated the perils of volatile vapor on the tracks and officials will in future use precision instruments for more thorough tests, a Transportation ...
Brokers and Hedge Fund Lose Bankruptcy Claim Against Lehman
Co-underwriters with Lehman Brothers Inc. don't have so-called contribution claims against the liquidated investment bank related to offerings in which it was the lead underwriter in the sale of its ...