Claims & Reserving
Expecting The Unexpected: 5 Questions To Consider When Ramping Up Your CAT Staff
When disaster strikes, your organization's response is only as good as your workforce. Timing is everything and you need to be staffed for the unexpected. How can you assess your human capital ...
Drugmakers Search for Safer Painkillers Amid Opioid Abuse Epidemic
Backed by a U.S. campaign to slow abuse of prescription painkillers, drugmakers are devising new forms of the medicines that don't lead to misuse and new products that treat dependency in a bid to ...
Big Business Chalks Up More Wins Over Class Actions at Supreme Court
In a series of rulings this year, the U.S. Supreme Court has steered a consistent course against consumers or small businesses that want to bring class action lawsuits against corporate defendants. ...
U.S. Had 11 Climate Disasters Costing $1B Each Last Year
The U.S. suffered 11 weather and climate disasters last year that caused more than $1 billion in damage each and killed more than 300 people, making 2012 the second-most costly and active year on ...
SEC Presses Berkshire for More Data On Insurance Cat Losses
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is providing more data about claims costs at insurance units after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pressed the company for the information. We ...Judge Orders The Hartford to Pay $20M to Auto Body Shops
A Connecticut judge has ordered The Hartford insurance company to pay $20 million to auto body shops for an unfair trade practice related to hourly labor rates for vehicle repairs. The judge's ...
New York City Proposes $20B ‘Resiliency’ Plan to Handle Rising Sea Levels, Temperatures
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday announced a $20 billion plan to prepare for rising sea levels and hotter summers expected as a result of climate change in the coming decades. The plan, ...
Floods Could Slow German Economy; Fitch Estimates Damage at 12B Euros
Floods that have devastated parts of southern and eastern Germany could briefly impede growth in Europe's biggest economy, an industry body said, while ratings agency Fitch said the economic cost ...