Industry News
Executives on the Move at Liberty Mutual GRS, Erie
Liberty Mutual Insurance has appointed Kevin Smith as president of Global Risk Solutions (GRS) North America. Reporting to GRS President Neeti Bhalla Johnson, Smith will be accountable for delivering ...
Record-Breaking Pace for U.S. Product Recalls, Says Sedgwick
The number of U.S. products recalled this year already has surpassed 1 billion, according to the U.S. product recall index recently released by Sedgwick's brand protection division. Only two other ...
Cyber MGA At-Bay Acquires Tech-Solutions Provider Relay
At-Bay, the San Francisco-based managing general agent, announced the acquisition of Relay, a technology solutions provider that enables the digital transformation of commercial insurance placements. ...
P/C Underwriting Profitability to Worsen as Inflation, Hard Market Persist: Triple-I, Milliman
The 2022 combined ratio for the property/casualty insurance industry is forecast to be 100.7, a worsening of 1.2 points relative to 2021, driven by significant deterioration in the personal auto ...
COVID Impacts Linger in Courtrooms, Often a Disadvantage for Defendants
Courts have reopened and trials have resumed, but the impacts of COVID-19 continue to linger in the judicial system, a panel of claims litigation experts said during the Combined Claims Conference on ...
Lloyd’s Insurers Must Exclude State-Backed Cyber Attacks to Avoid Systemic Risks
Lloyd's insurers must exclude state-backed cyber attacks in standalone (or affirmative) cyber policies, according to a Lloyd's market bulletin issued this week. The exclusion would include liability ...
Insurers Anticipate Staffing Increase Over the Next Year Despite Recruiting Difficulty: The Jacobson Group
Most insurers (68 percent) plan to increase staff during the next 12 months, while only 5 percent anticipate a reduction in the number of employees, according to the Semi-Annual U.S. Insurance Labor ...
U.S. Traffic Deaths Hit 20-Year High in Early 2022
U.S. traffic deaths jumped about 7 percent in the first three months of 2022 to 9,560, the highest number of people killed on American roads in a quarterly period since 2002, regulators said on ...