Claims & Reserving
95% of N.Y. Sandy Claims Closed
Almost 95 percent of Superstorm Sandy-related personal and business insurance claims in the New York State have now been closed, regulators reported. The states compiles data from 24 major insurers ...
What to Expect In Commercial Insurance Claims, Prices for Remainder of 2013: Willis
Although a recent broker report on property/casualty pricing expectations puts some commercial casualty hikes into double-digit territory this year, the overall message of Willis' 2013 Marketplace ...
New Deadly Bird Flu Has Scientists Worried About Pandemic Risk
Genetic sequence data on a deadly strain of bird flu previously unknown in people show the virus has already acquired some mutations that might make it more likely to cause a human pandemic, ...
Possible Infrastructure Disruption, Claims Resulting From Geomagnetic Storms
Solar and geomagnetic activity is expected to peak this year, increasing the possibility of disruption to government and private infrastructure. According to Rade Musulin, COO Aon Benfield Analytics ...Oil Spill Claims Chief Seeks Dismissal BP Lawsuit Over Settlements
The administrator of BP Plc's settlement with thousands of people and businesses who sued over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill urged a federal judge on Monday to end the company's lawsuit over how ...
Modern Fire Science Prompts Reviews of Past Arson Convictions
Ed Graf was given life in prison 25 years ago for killing his two stepsons by locking them in a backyard shed and setting it on fire. Two investigators used photos of the shed's remains to persuade ...
Analysis: How Outsourcing to India Is Changing and Why
India's IT outsourcers are promoting "mini CEOs" capable of running businesses on their own, while trimming down on the hordes of entry-level computer coders they normally hire as they try to squeeze ...
Coastal States to See Continued Population Growth: NOAA
Ten million more people will be living on the already-crowded U.S. coast by 2020 if current population trends continue. The coastal population will increase from 123 million to nearly 134 million ...