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Executives On The Move at CNA, Lloyds, ACE and More
We have new executive appointments to tell you about from CNA, The MEMIC Group, Lloyds, ACE Group and Beazley. *** CNA Financial Group said it named an XL Group veteran as its new executive vice ...
Erie Insurance Joins Commercial Drone Bandwagon
Erie Insurance is joining the drone bandwagon with news that it has obtained conditional Federal Aviation Administration approval to use the technology in its claims and underwriting processes. ...
BP Spill Leads to Proposed Risk Reduction Rules For Offshore Oil Wells
The Obama administration proposed tighter rules for the offshore drilling equipment designed to be a last line of defense against oil-well blowouts, five years after the fatal BP Plc spill off ...
Google Hit With European Union Antitrust Complaint and New Investigation
The European Union escalated its four-year- old probe into Google Inc., accusing the Internet giant of abusing its dominance of the search-engine market and starting a new investigation into its ...
Data on Health Data Breaches Published
Between 2010 and 2013, data breaches of protected health information reported by HIPAA-covered entities increased and involved approximately 29 million records, with most data breaches resulting from ...
U.S. Insured Property Values Reach New Heights and Cluster in Coastal Regions
U.S insured property values as of 2014 exceed $90 trillion, but the bulk of that is increasingly concentrated in vulnerable coastal areas. With that in mind, new risk metrics could better help ...
Employee Snafus a Big Factor in Cyber Attacks, Verizon and Symantec Find
When a cyber security breach hits the news, those most closely involved often have incentive to play up the sophistication of the attack. If hackers are portrayed as well-funded geniuses, victims ...
Travelers Grabs Bulk of P/C Biz From Brazilian Joint Venture
The Travelers Companies Inc. will snatch up the bulk of the property casualty business from its joint venture in Brazil, underscoring insurers' increasing focus on emerging markets. Financial details ...