Claims & Reserving
Boston’s Rapid Winter Snowfall Edges Close to Record High
Boston has had more snow this year than Fairbanks, Alaska, which is 23.3 inches below normal for this time of year at 29.7. It outstrips Fargo, North Dakota, with 15 inches. Although, things could be ...
West Virginia Oil Train Derailment Threatens Drinking Water
U.S. regulators joined the investigation into a fiery CSX Corp. oil-train derailment in West Virginia that forced residents to flee their homes in frigid weather and threatened drinking water. The ...
Smaller Companies Not Embracing Cyber Risk Insurance: Treasury Dept.’s Raskin
While the overall cyber risk insurance market is growing tremendously, larger corporate clients have driven much of the expansion. Smaller companies, on the other hand, have not followed suit, Deputy ...
BP Can’t Access $750M Transocean Cover For 2010 BP Spill
BP Plc isn't covered under Transocean Ltd.'s insurance policies for the doomed Macondo well project, the Texas Supreme Court said, blocking the oil company's access to $750 million to pay costs from ...
Hacker Group Stole Up to $1B Since 2013: Computer Security Firm
A hacker group has stolen as much as $1 billion from banks and other financial companies worldwide since 2013 in an "unprecedented cyber-robbery," according to computer security firm Kaspersky Lab. ...
Amica Mutual CEO: 2014 Was When ‘Everything Came Together’
Amica Mutual Insurance Co. boosted its net income, added 46,000 more policies and improved its combined ratio in 2014, the insurer disclosed this week. "It was a year everything came together," Amica ...
Anthem Launches Identity-Theft Protection Signup Following Cyber Attack
Anthem Inc said on Wednesday its millions of customers can sign up for free credit monitoring and identity-theft protection services this week following a massive cyber attack involving stolen U.S. ...
Marsh: Expect More U.S. Commercial Lines Softening in 2015
Competition among property/casualty insurance carriers and the flow of capital into the industry are continuing to drive down rates in most U.S. commercial lines and conditions are particularly ...