Commercial Lines
AXIS Capital Eyeing More Insurance Biz, Acquisitions as Re Market Gets Uglier
AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. plans to expand the insurance side of its business to make up for lower earnings from the reinsurance segment. "I wouldn't be surprised now over the next couple of years if ...
GNY CEO Warren Heck to Retire; Daughter Will Replace Him
Warren Heck, the long-time leader of GNY Insurance Companies, plans to retire at the end of 2014. He'll remain at the insurer as non-executive chairman. But Heck's daughter, Elizabeth Heck, currently ...
Marijuana and Workers Comp
There are some who believe medical marijuana and the workplace are a potent mix just waiting to be stirred as increasingly more states approve the herb and its derivatives for medicinal use. Not only ...
SEC Paying $30M-Plus to Whistleblower in Largest Award Yet
An anonymous tipster living abroad will be receiving more than $30 million, in the largest whistleblower award ever doled out by U.S. securities regulators as part of a program that aims to ...
Canada Mulls Special Fund to Spread Oil-by-Rail Insurance Burden
The Canadian government is looking at extending the insurance burden for crude-by-rail disasters beyond just railways and is weighing the idea of a special fund similar to one once set up for ...
Lone Wolf Terrorist Attacks Not More Frequent But Targets Changing: Indiana State Research
Lone wolf terrorist attacks are not on the rise as popular culture might lead one to believe—but the attacks are changing for the worse, according to research by an Indiana State University ...
Europe Beats U.S. in M&A Insurance Industry Deals: Clyde & Co.
Insurance and reinsurance industry M&A deals have picked up a bit in Europe and elsewhere. But they keep declining in the U.S., continuing to deny it the lead in a space it has typically ...