Government
Train-Delivered Canadian Crude Oil Shipments Will Need More Insurance
The Canadian government is overhauling its safety rules for crude oil shipments by train, creating a disaster fund and forcing railways to carry more insurance. Oil companies will pay into the fund, ...
FEMA Seeks to Resolve Sandy Flood Insurance Claim Lawsuits
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is working on settling litigation with hundreds of Hurricane Sandy victims who challenged denials or alleged underpayments of flood insurance claims. Brad ...
Low Interest Rates Threaten Insurer Success in Europe: A.M. Best
Insurers and reinsurers alike could see some adverse affects from financial and social instability in the European Union, A.M. Best said in a new report. Points of concern range from quantitative ...
GM Customers Struggle to Propel $10B Suit Over Falling Car Values
Drivers of Chevy Cobalts and Saturn Ions met with skepticism when they tried to restart a $10 billion lawsuit accusing General Motors Co. of exposing them to falling car prices. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge ...
P/C Industry Lobbyists Hope to Shape FAA’s Proposed Drone Regs
Two insurance industry trade associations expressed support for proposed regulations governing commercial drone use, calling them a good first step. Worries remain, however, about how the regulations ...
Smaller Companies Not Embracing Cyber Risk Insurance: Treasury Dept.’s Raskin
While the overall cyber risk insurance market is growing tremendously, larger corporate clients have driven much of the expansion. Smaller companies, on the other hand, have not followed suit, Deputy ...
Hacker Group Stole Up to $1B Since 2013: Computer Security Firm
A hacker group has stolen as much as $1 billion from banks and other financial companies worldwide since 2013 in an "unprecedented cyber-robbery," according to computer security firm Kaspersky Lab. ...
AIG CFO David Herzog: Congress Was ‘Wise’ to Renew TRIA
The property/casualty insurance industry was without a federal terrorism reinsurance program for about two weeks, between its expiration on Dec. 31, and long-awaited Congressional action to renew it ...