Commercial Lines
Cyber Security a Challenge for Insurers: A.M. Best
Thirteen percent of respondents to A.M. Best's Fall 2014 Insurance Industry Survey admitted that their companies had been the targets of data breaches or cyber attacks. Larger companies appear much ...
DHL: Shipping Companies Will be First In Line For Driverless Vehicles
While Google Inc. plans to someday unleash driverless cars on public streets, the logistics industry will probably be one of the first training grounds for such automated vehicles. Shipping companies ...
House Leaders Unveil Their Version of a TRIA Extension, With Attachments
House leaders released a proposed six-year extension of a federal program to insure property against the risk of terrorism, including a Republican proposal to revise a bank regulatory law. The ...
Judicial Panel Orders Hurricane Sandy Flood Insurers to Fork Over Reports
A Travelers Cos. unit and other flood insurers accused by Hurricane Sandy victims in New York of using falsified engineering reports must turn over the drafts to policyholders, a three-judge panel ...
Navigators Appoints Former GenStar Exec Roberts to Board
The Navigators Group, Inc. announced Tuesday that Patricia Roberts has been appointed to its board of directors. Roberts had a 35-year career at General Reinsurance Corporation, joining in 1977 as an ...
Liability Alert: Chevron Leads in Greenhouse Gas Production
Chevron Corp. has produced more greenhouse gases than any other fossil-fuel company, according to a study released as global climate talks continued today in Lima. Chevron edged out state-owned Saudi ...
Westminster American Insurance Chooses Next CEO
Regional carrier Westminster American Insurance Company has named its longtime general counsel to be the next president and CEO. John Scott, Jr. will assume the top spot on Jan. 1, 2015. He'll ...
Towers Watson: Commercial Insurance Prices Rose Slightly in Q3
Commercial insurance prices grew on average about 3 percent in the 2014 third quarter compared to the previous year. It matched last quarter's uptick and halted more than a year of consecutively ...