Commercial Lines
After 60 Years Going Solo, Triple-I Will Affiliate With The Institutes
The Insurance Information Institute plans to affiliate with The Institutes after 60 years as an independent organization. I.I.I.'s board of directors approved the plan earlier in June and The ...
COVID-19 Could Be Most Expensive Event Ever for Insurers, Reinsurers: Guy Carpenter
Although considerable uncertainty remains over its ultimate cost, the COVID-19 pandemic looks set to rank among the re/insurance sector's most expensive events, according to a report published by ...
Executives On The Move at W.R. Berkley and Alliant
Specialty insurer and reinsurer W.R. Berkley appointed two attorneys to high-level counsel positions. Alliant hired a co-leader of its mergers and acquisitions unit. *** W.R. Berkley Corporation ...
Senators Propose Targeted Approach to Reform Internet Liability
Two U.S. senators on Wednesday introduced legislation to reform part of a federal law that largely exempts tech platforms such as Facebook and Twitter from legal liability for the material their ...
Legal Experts: Bayer Hopes Science Will Prevent Future Roundup Lawsuits
Seeking to forestall further claims, Bayer AG is taking a risky bet that an independent scientific review will ultimately show that its widely used weed killer Roundup does not cause cancer, legal ...
Nationwide, Swiss Re Among Carriers Participating in Upcoming NYC InsurTech Accelerator Program
An accelerator for growth-stage InsurTech startups is launching in New York City this fall. Several carriers and brokers will be participating, including Nationwide, Swiss Re and more. InsurTech NY ...
COVID-19 Kicks Public Company D&O Rate Hikes Into Overdrive
Rate-hike pressures were already robust for directors & officers liability insurance, but COVID-19 has kicked that into overdrive, according to a new Marsh report. "Although the current market ...
Tropical Storm Dolly Becomes Fourth Named Atlantic Storm of 2020
Tropical Storm Dolly spun up southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, becoming the Atlantic's fourth named storm of 2020, marking the third-fastest start to a storm season in more than a century. The ...