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Workplace Violence, Aging Staff Among Health Care Systems’ Emerging Risks to Watch: Aon
For the 2017 accident year, health care systems will face a complex environment of emerging risks that will have a direct impact on workers compensation, according to analysts at Aon Global Risk ...
The Latest Launches From XL Catlin and Ironshore
XL Catlin is selling a new policy designed to help U.S. companies that store, handle and transport goods. Ironshore is beefing up its terrorism/shooter coverage with an added endorsement. *** XL ...
U.S. E&S Results Crush P/C Industry as a Whole: Fitch Ratings
E&S underwriters continued to greatly outperform the U.S. P/C industry at large in terms of combined ratio in 2015, even though the sector takes up just a fraction of the overall market, Fitch ...
Tokio Marine Rebrands a Subsidiary to Better Capture More U.S. Business
A subsidiary of Japanese property/casualty insurance giant Tokio Marine is rebranding with an eye on capturing more commercial business from U.S.-headquartered companies. The unit, formerly known as ...
Cyber Breach Costs Aren’t Significant Enough to Spur Big Security Investment in Computer Security
The cost of a typical cyber breach to an American company is much less than has been generally estimated, providing one possible explanation for why companies do not invest more to improve computer ...
Britain’s Financial Sector Optimism Plunges in Wake of Brexit Vote
Optimism about the outlook for Britain's financial services sector is at its lowest point since the financial crisis, a survey of finance firms showed on Monday. The latest survey of 115 financial ...
Firms Race to Gather Data Proving Drone Deliveries Are Safe
United Parcel Service Inc's launch this week of drone test flights simulating emergency medical-supply deliveries highlights a race for data to prove such deliveries can be performed safely. UPS's ...
Executives On The Move at Chubb, Everest Re and Coface
Chubb appointed a new executive to its international general insurance business. Everest Re has a new vice president/head of E&S Casualty. Global trade credit insurer Coface grabbed a former ...