Commercial Lines
Liability Long Tail Could Get Longer
One of the most challenging things about liability insurance is that claims on this year's policy might be made well into the future. If exposure to a chemical, product or business activity this year ...
Sennott Named as CapSpecialty’s New Leader; Sills to Retire
CapSpecialty appointed long-time Board member Jack Sennott to be its new chairman, president and CEO. With Sennott's ascent, Stephen Sills, Cap Specialty's head of Professional Liability and Small ...
Boeing Pledges $100M to Support Families of Max Jetliner Crash Victims
Boeing Co. is offering $100 million to support the families of victims and others affected by two crashes of its 737 Max jetliner, which killed 346 people and have led to scores of lawsuits. The ...
Data Breaches Take Months to Discover, but They Happen Within Minutes
While it typically only takes a short amount of time for a successful breach to compromise data, the amount of time it takes for a breach to be discovered is more likely to be months. This means ...
Chubb Becomes First U.S. Carrier to Phase Out Coal Investments/Insurance Policies
Chubb Ltd will become the first U.S. insurer to phase out its coal investments and insurance policies, saying on Monday it will no longer sell insurance to or invest in companies that make more than ...
China Pledges to Remove Financial Company Foreign Ownership Limits by 2020
China said it will bring forward plans to remove foreign ownership limits on financial companies, as it speeds up efforts to open the $44 trillion industry to overseas competitors. Full foreign ...
Parametric Insurance Takes Off
Now that property and casualty insurance coverage terms for business disruption losses are gradually tightening, a singular insurance product used primarily to protect businesses against ...
Giving a Presentation? Focus on Making the Message Clear and Relatable
Nearly every executive has experienced or will experience giving a presentation to an audience. In turn, many audiences have seen an executive presentation that drones on and on and veers into too ...