International
Colorado State Forecasts 12 Named Storms for the 2016 Atlantic Hurricane Season
The coming Atlantic hurricane season should produce a near-average 12 named storms before it ends in November, according to Phil Klotzbach, lead author of the pioneering Colorado State University ...
Fallout from the Travelers CGL Cyber Ruling: Insurance Buyers and Sellers Beware
Experts are cautioning both insurance buyers and sellers not to overreact to the recent federal court decision finding data breach defense coverage under a commercial general liability (CGL) policy. ...
Cyber Hacking Risks Discovered in U.S. Army’s $12M Mobile Network
A $12 billion mobile Internet network that the U.S. Army is using in Iraq, Afghanistan and Africa has significant cyber security vulnerabilities that were found in combat testing. After a review ...
Executives On The Move at Hiscox, Guy Carpenter, Assurant and More
Hiscox is bringing on a former Prudential executive in a key international role. Guy Carpenter hired on two new executives. Two former AIG executives are joining Ryan Specialty Group. Assurant turned ...
The Latest Launches from Everest Re, Starr Companies and Willis Towers Watson
Everest Re Group is getting into the credit and political risk coverage business. Starr Companies added new services to its cyber terror response insurance. Willis Towers Watson unveiled a ...
VW U.S. Emissions Scandal Deal to Cost at Least $10B
Volkswagen AG agreed to fix or buy back about 500,000 tainted cars in the U.S., taking a significant step forward in its effort to emerge from the emissions-cheating scandal. After months of ...
XL Catlin Attracts Former Zurich Exec to New Leadership Role
XL Catlin hired a former high-level Zurich Insurance executive to fill a new role at the company. Dan Riordan will be president, Global Political Risk & Trade Credit. Most recently, he was CEO of ...
Japan Kumamoto Quakes Caused Billions of Dollars in Economic and Insured Losses
The estimates are early, but economic and insurance losses stemming from the earthquakes that struck Japan on April 14-15 are already in the billions of dollars and rising. Catastrophe modeling firm ...