Specialty
Hurt by COVID 19, W.R. Berkley’s Profit Plunges
Larger investment losses and COVID-19 took a substantial bite out of W.R. Berkley's 2019 second-quarter net income, but the specialty insurer and reinsurer still stayed in the black overall. Net ...
France Explores Ways to Shield Companies From Impact of Future Pandemics
The French government is looking at ways to shield companies from the impact of future pandemics. The goal is to protect companies and jobs from the damage that major events such as pandemics can ...
Executives On The Move at BHSI and Guy Carpenter
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance made an insurance industry veteran head of Financial Institutions in Germany. Guy Carpenter announced the appointment of three senior executives within its GC ...
U.S. Companies Struggle to Address Airborne Coronavirus Risk in Reopening Efforts
U.S. companies are raising new questions about how they can make workplaces safe after the world's top public health agency acknowledged the risk that tiny airborne droplets of the novel coronavirus ...
Amynta Group Acquires Aspen Surety Operations
Amynta Group, a provider of property/casualty and warranty protection products and services, has acquired the surety operations of Aspen Insurance. The business will now operate as Amynta Surety ...
GOP Supports Limiting Virus Liability Claims Against Businesses, Schools, Caregivers
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wants to give federal courts jurisdiction over liability claims arising from coronavirus infections to limit the legal exposure of businesses, schools and other ...
COVID-19 Cruise Lawsuits Dismissed as Judge Warns of ‘Trivial Cases’
A federal judge dismissed lawsuits by Grand Princess cruise ship passengers who sued for emotional distress caused by their fear of exposure to COVID-19, saying that allowing their cases to proceed ...
Executives On The Move at Assurant, Liberty Mutual and Guy Carpenter
Assurant made some new executive appointments as part of some organizational changes. Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, named a new head of Casualty in Germany. ...