Claims & Reserving
PwC’s Latest Securities Litigation Study Confirms Downward Trends
While the first three quarters of 2012 saw an average of 46 cases, securities litigation filings decreased dramatically in the fourth quarter, to 33 cases—the lowest level since the 30 cases filed ...
EPA Blamed For Delays In Asbestos Study In Montana
Internal investigators faulted the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday for years of delays in completing health studies needed to guide the cleanup of a Montana mining town where hundreds of ...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 ...