Specialty
RMS: Napa Valley Quake Insured Losses Won’t Surpass $250M
With some time to assess the situation, insured losses from the Napa Valley earthquake may end up a little more reasonable than initially thought. Catastrophe modeling firm RMS predicted that insured ...
China Insurers Market “Naughty Child” Coverage and Other Innovations
Your child throws a tantrum and smashes something? Take out "naughty child insurance". Similarly, buy cover against your bride becoming pregnant before the honeymoon, your team being knocked out of ...
Iceland Lowers Volcano Aviation Warning Following Fissure Eruption
Iceland is monitoring a fissure eruption north of the Bardarbunga volcano as authorities downgraded the threat of a full-blown ash cloud. The Icelandic Met Office lowered their aviation warning level ...
Regional, Specialty Insurer Analysis: Broader Focus Enhances Profitability
Insurers focusing their business on a single state or coverage line experienced decent levels of premium growth in recent years, but they also recorded higher combined ratios than diversified ...
JLT to Merge With Lloyd & Partners, Pursue U.S. Specialty Expansion
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc (JLT) caught merger fever again. The provider of insurance, reinsurance and employ benefits-related advice and services said it would merge one of its divisions with ...
Marijuana-Linked Accounts Elicit Caution From Big U.S. Banks
Major banks are getting increasingly wary of some transactions with smaller banks that have begun to allow marijuana businesses to open accounts. Officials at the bigger institutions say they fear ...
Why Many Californians Take Their Chances Without Earthquake Insurance
During Sunday's 6.0 magnitude earthquake, some $75,000 worth of bottles of wine, rum and whiskey flew off the shelves of Aiyaz Masani's liquor store in Napa, California. He estimates about half his ...
JPMorgan, Other Banks Focus of Latest Cyber-Attack
JPMorgan Chase & Co., the biggest U.S. bank, said it increased defenses against computer hackers after an attack against the industry this month. The lender is working with U.S. authorities to ...