Commercial Lines
FAA Aims to Send Message With $1.9 M Penalty For Drone Photographer
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is proposing the largest fine to date against a drone operator as the agency cracks down on the booming use of unmanned aircraft in congested skies over ...
How a Doomed U.S. Cargo Ship Collided With Hurricane Joaquin
The ill-fated U.S.-flagged El Faro cargo ship sunk by Hurricane Joaquin was sailing at near full speed into the center of the storm before it lost propulsion amid mountainous waves and brutal winds, ...
Hamilton CEO Duperreault: Tech Improvements Boost Carriers and Brokers
Technology can transform and improve how the property/casualty insurance industry works on both the carrier and broker sides of the equation, asserts Hamilton Insurance Group CEO Brian Duperreault. ...
What Black Swan Author Nassim Taleb Has to Say About Insurance
FROM THE ARCHIVES: A VINTAGE CARRIER MANAGEMENT ARTICLE FROM 2015. When Nassim Nicholas Taleb addressed a group of insurance executives recently, the author of the book "The Black Swan" was pretty ...
Bill Gross Sues PIMCO, Allianz For ‘Hundreds of Millions’ Over Ouster
Bill Gross sued Pacific Investment Management Co. and parent Allianz SE for "hundreds of millions of dollars," claiming he was wrongfully pushed out as the bond giant's chief investment officer by a ...
Watch This Video: Guy Carpenter’s David Priebe Considers The Future of Alternative Capital
Insurance linked securities, cat bonds, or collateralized reinsurance are no longer a novel thing. They're embedded in many insurance company capital frameworks, and, as a result, a routine part of ...
California Wildfire Insured Losses Surpass $1B: Impact Forecasting
With a month to go for the peak California wildfire season, insured losses already surpassed $1 billion in September - the costliest and most damaging for the U.S. in eight years, according to Impact ...
A.M. Best: Half-Year Results Hint at Year Three of Underwriting Profits
The property/casualty insurance industry is likely to post a third consecutive year of underwriting profits, considering its performance in the first half of the year and barring any late year ...