Commercial Lines
AIG Appoints Marsh CEO Zaffino, an Old Duperreault Colleague, as Global COO
New American International Group CEO Brian Duperreault turned to an old colleague as his first big executive hire, appointing Marsh LLC CEO Peter Zaffino as executive vice president and global chief ...
Commercial Lines Premiums Saw Slight Q2 Uptick, Except Workers Comp: IVANS Index
Nearly all major commercial product lines saw their Q2 2017 premium renewal rates increase slightly compared to last year. Workers compensation, however, saw renewal rates move back into the ...
Liberty Mutual Wins Appeal in $3.6M ‘Guaranteed Cost’ Workers Comp Premium Suit
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. has won a case against a company that refused to pay $3.64 million in additional workers' compensation premium after a payroll audit revealed it had more high risk ...
Executives On The Move at Fidelis, Zurich, Lloyds and Willis Re
Fidelis Insurance disclosed it is hiring a former Hiscox Re executive to help lead a new effort focused on niche specialty excess of loss business. Lloyd's has a new deputy chairperson. Willis Re ...
NotPetya Global Cyber Attack Leaves Ukraine Scrambling to Contain New Threat
The Ukrainian software firm used as part of last week's global cyber attack warned on Wednesday that all computers sharing a network with its infected accounting software had been compromised by ...
J&J Hit With Australian Class Action Suit Over Pelvic Mesh Complications
Australian women have brought a class-action case against Johnson & Johnson over complications arising from vaginal mesh implants - a lawsuit that follows many others in the United States, Canada ...
The Hanover’s Chaucer Acquires Lloyd’s MGA Focused on Sports, Leisure, Entertainment
The Hanover Insurance Group snatched up a Lloyd's managing general underwriting agency based in Australia, in a deal that will boost its competitive status there and also expand its overall specialty ...
H1 Catastrophe Bond Issuance Produces Massive $8.8B in New Limit: PCS
Catastrophe bond issuance for the 2017 first half reached new records for the sector, with its nearly $8.8 billion in new limit coming in larger than the biggest full year in catastrophe bond market ...