Specialty
Lady Gaga Super Bowl Drone Extravaganza Underscores Wide Embrace of Unmanned Aircraft
The synchronized swarm of 300 drones lit up the night sky behind Lady Gaga, morphing into an American flag as she recited the Pledge of Allegiance. Sunday's Super Bowl halftime light show -- ...
The Drone Racing League Is Coming, Sponsored by Allianz
As commercial and personal drone use has soared, drone racing – think Indy 500 but with drones – may also gaining traction, and Allianz has inked a multi-year sponsorship deal that will give it a ...
Executives On The Move at Chubb and AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd.
Chubb promoted a key executive to handle claims operations for Europe and Eurasia & Africa. AXIS Capital Holdings hired two new executives – veterans of Swiss Re and Ascent Underwriting – to ...
A Large Swath of Businesses Remain Ill-Prepared for Cyber Attacks: Hiscox
A study of 3,000 companies in the UK, U.S. and Germany, reveals that more than half (53 percent) of businesses in the three countries are ill-prepared to deal with cyber attacks. Fewer than one-third ...
Travelers, Allied World, AIG Vets Tapped to Help BHSI Expand From New London Office
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company is tapping veteran executives from Allied World, Travelers and AIG to help oversee expanded operations in the United Kingdom and Southern Europe. A new ...
Only 5 Percent of Large UK Firms Have Board-Level Cyber Expertise: Deloitte
Only 5 percent of large U.K. companies say their boards include directors with expertise in information technology or cyber security, even though the vast majority identify hacking and other digital ...
Catastrophe Tests Show London Insurers’ Capital Risks and Resilience
A major $200 billion loss from a combination of a cyber attack, U.S. hurricane and the failure of a reinsurer could strip insurers of up to 120 percent of their net capital base, tests of insurers in ...
CNA CEO Robusto ‘Back in the Game,’ Though 2017 Has Room for Improvement
CNA reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2016 results, with its new CEO indicating that while there is a strong foundation at the insurer, the company has work to do in improving underwriting ...