Specialty
RLI Long-Time President Stone Set to Retire At Year-End
Michael Stone, long-time president and chief operating officer of RLI Corp., is retiring at the end of 2015, capping a 20-year stint at the Illinois-based specialty insurer. RLI said that Stone will ...
Executives On The Move at ACE and Argo
ACE Group made six London-based appointments to its ACE Global Markets (AGM) and ACE Overseas General (AOG) energy teams, focusing on promoting from within. Matthew Hardy is now product head AGM ...
Division Between Rich & Poor Nations Highlighted as Climate Talks Resume
Just days before global negotiators were set to meet for talks on climate change, Tropical Storm Erika killed at least 20 people on Dominica. The small Caribbean island evoked the tragedy to ...
El Nino Set to Give U.S. a Very Warm Winter
How the weather plays out in the next six months will have a lot to say about the California drought, snow in the Northeast and even the price of natural gas. A strong El Nino in the equatorial ...
Dutch Court Orders Gas Producer to Compensate Quake Zone Homeowners
A Dutch court ruled on Wednesday that gas producer NAM must compensate homeowners for falls in the value of their properties due to earthquakes linked to gas production at the Groningen field in the ...
Uber Drivers Gain Class Action Status in Employment Lawsuit
Uber drivers are entitled to class action status in litigation over whether they are independent contractors or employees, a key development in a case threatening Uber's business model and that of ...
Watch This Video: Aon’s Primer on Pricing Cyber Risk
Carriers don't have an easy task in pricing cyber insurance coverages. Because this risk is relatively new on insurers' radar screens, there is little historical loss data to determine potential ...
In a Rarity, Category One Hurricane Slams Into Cape Verde
Something rare happened out in the Atlantic- - a hurricane hit Cape Verde. The islands off the coast of Africa lend their name to some of the most powerful storms the Atlantic produces, yet they ...