Monthly Archives: <span>December 2022</span>

Not Time to Celebrate Soft Market but Commercial Insurance Rates Are Stabilizing

With last year’s 25% rate hikes for public directors and officers liability insurance dropping to 2.5%, and 150% hikes for cyber cover sinking to 25%, significant softening is forecast for some casualty lines in 2023. Those reduced price hikes are …

Ransomware Did Not Cause Direct Physical Loss, State High Court Says

A business owner’s insurance policy did not provide coverage for software damaged by a ransomware attack because there was no direct physical damage or loss, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled. “Computer software cannot experience ‘direct physical loss or physical damage’ …

2022 Will Be UK’s Warmest Year on Record: Met Office

This year will be the warmest year on record for the UK, according to the Met Office. The annual average temperature across Britain exceeded the previous high set in 2014, when the average was 9.88C, provisional data from the national …

How Will Japan Secure Shipping Insurance for Imports of Russian LNG?

Japan, the world’s top liquefied natural gas (LNG) importer, is facing its latest challenge in securing vital gas supplies from Russia after Western reinsurers said they would halt marine war insurance for ships traveling in Russian waters from Jan. 1. …

Exxon Sues to Force EU to Scrap New Windfall Profits Tax on Oil Companies

U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil Corp. is suing the European Union in a bid to force it to scrap the bloc’s new windfall tax on oil groups, arguing Brussels exceeded its legal authority by imposing the levy. Record profits this …

Top 10 International Insurance Journal Stories of 2022

As we reach the end of another eventful year, Insurance Journal takes a look back at some of the top International stories, which were, of course, dominated by the Russia-Ukraine war. Three of the top 10 articles in 2022 covered …

Top 10 National Insurance Journal Stories of 2022

Auto insurers have had difficulties coming out of the pandemic – when streets were relatively unpopulated. The topic was the top national story published by Insurance Journal in 2022. If a word cloud was to be done on all national …

Top 10 West Insurance Journal Stories of 2022

GEICO closing offices in California, insurers battling with regulators, lawsuits, settlements, and wildfires were among the most read stories in Insurance Journal’s West region. Following were among the region’s top 10 articles for the year that interested readers. The Top …

AM Best Gives A+ Rating to PartnerRe’s New MGA-Driven Insurance Ops

AM Best has assigned an A+ financial strength rating of A+ (Superior) to PartnerRe Insurance Solutions Bermuda Ltd. (PartnerRe Ins Solutions BM Ltd), a newly added member of PartnerRe Ltd. The ratings outlook is stable. According to an AM Best …

Google, YouTube Content Providers Must Face U.S. Children’s Privacy Lawsuit

A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday revived a lawsuit accusing Alphabet Inc’s Google and several other companies of violating the privacy of children under age 13 by tracking their YouTube activity without parental consent, in order to send them targeted …