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Argo to Snatch up OneBeacon’s Lawyers Professional Liability Business
OneBeacon Insurance Group Ltd. has sold the renewal rights to its lawyers professional liability business to Argo Group US, Inc., a member of Argo Group International Holdings Ltd. The transaction ...
TRIA Renewal Efforts Appear Dead for 2014
A U.S. program that backstops insurance companies' losses from acts of terrorism is set to end after the Senate didn't extend it. Efforts to reauthorize the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act for six years ...
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Marsh’s Top 10 U.S. Casualty Trends for 2015
Marsh's U.S. Casualty Practice sees a number of new insurance trends shaping the market in 2015, including a softening market, new capacity, and the greater use of data to enhance underwriting. Marsh ...
Fairfax to Acquire QBE’s Czech, Hungarian and Slovakian Operations
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. has entered into an agreement to purchase QBE Insurance (Europe) Ltd.'s insurance operations in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia. Terms of the transaction were ...Verisk Launches Next-Gen Commercial Property Data Analytics System
Verisk Insurance Solutions - Commercial Property, part of Verisk Analytics, has launched the next generation of its ProMetrix suite of data and analytics for commercial property carriers. Updates to ...
Spencer Re Hires Zurich Insurance Vet as New Leader
Spencer Re, a reinsurance firm focused on products predictable in nature, has brought on a veteran Zurich Insurance Group executive as its new CEO. Tina Youngblood Mallie, also vice chair of Spencer ...
Families of Sandy Hook Victims Sue Gunmaker, Seller
The families of nine of the 26 people killed and a teacher injured two years ago at the Sandy Hook Elementary School filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer, distributor and seller of the rifle used ...
Sony Pictures Enlists Employees to Screen for Stolen Data Use
Sony Pictures Entertainment advised its current and former employees to be on the alert for fraudsters looking to use their stolen data, which included detailed personal information. In what is ...