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D&Os Worry These Days About Emerging Liability Risks and More
There are lots of emerging liability risks that may be keeping corporate directors and officers awake at night, which is why their D&O insurance protection is rising up their list of concerns. ...
Ex-Travelers CEO Fishman, Facing ALS, Focuses on Philanthropy
Jay Fishman finds it more comfortable these days to use a wheelchair to get around, and has begun getting some help breathing from a portable ventilator. The former Travelers CEO says he's in "the ...
The Hanover’s Lloyd’s/Chaucer Arm Expects 2016 Q2 Underwriting Loss
The impact of catastrophes, large loss activity and foreign exchange movements are expected to bring an underwriting loss for Chaucer in the second quarter, when it will report a combined ratio in ...
BP Deepwater Horizon Spill Liability Climbs to $61.6B
BP Plc has raised the total liability from the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster, which triggered the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, by $5.2 billion to $61.6 billion before tax. The ...
Women Are Key to Advancing InsurTech Space
Women have a vital role to play in helping to build InsurTech companies. Eva Genzmer, head of corporate communications for Germany's Friendsurance argues as much in a recent company blog posting. ...
Hiscox: Fraud Risks Prevalent at Professional Services and Small Businesses
It turns out that mid size companies in the professional services and financial industries, and small businesses overall, are particularly vulnerable to white collar crime in the U.S., Hiscox ...
Insurance Industry Slams Treasury’s New Auto Insurance Affordability Formula
Federal regulators have adopted a methodology for monitoring the affordability of automobile insurance, capping years of debate and public comments. Property/casualty insurers, however, said the new ...
Warren Buffett Gives $2.86B to Gates Charity, Four Others
Warren Buffett, the billionaire chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc, has donated another roughly $2.86 billion of his holdings in the company's stock to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and ...