April 9, 2024
Reported assaults on nurses jumped 5% across the United States in 2023, according to a new report, raising questions for workers’ compensation insurers and potentially adding to calls for legislation from Congress. Press Ganey, a company that analyzes health care …
April 8, 2024
Lancashire Insurance, a subsidiary of Lancashire Group, has been launched as an excess and surplus insurer in the US, expanding the company’s international footprint. Lancashire Group, the Bermuda-based Lloyd’s insurer, explained that Lancashire Insurance US (LUS) operates under a delegated …
April 8, 2024
Verisk, the Jersey City, New Jersey-based data analytics and technology provider, has launched a suite of next generation catastrophe models. Verisk’s suite of 100+ Next Generation Models (NGM) is designed to help insurers and reinsurers evaluate risk across the globe, …
April 8, 2024
Executive Summary: Specialty insurance has experienced significant growth in recent years. Greg Gaydos, senior business development executive at Zywave, looks at the reasons and advises how to best take advantage of its wealth of opportunities. The excess and surplus lines …
April 8, 2024
An engine cover on a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800 fell off on Sunday during takeoff in Denver and struck the wing flap, prompting the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to open an investigation. No one was injured and Southwest Flight 3695 …
April 8, 2024
Owning a home can feel like risky business, from coming up with the mortgage payment every month to worrying about disasters like fires or floods or tornadoes. But here is something riskier still: Going without home insurance in the U.S. …
April 8, 2024
Bayer AG’s Monsanto unit persuaded a Missouri judge to cut almost $1 billion from a $1.5 billion jury verdict that was one of the largest in the six years the company has been fighting thousands of claims that its Roundup …
April 8, 2024
German software developer Andres Freund was running some detailed performance tests last month when he noticed odd behavior in a little-known program. What he found when he investigated has sent shudders across the software world and drawn attention from tech …
April 5, 2024
Arch Insurance North America, part of Bermuda’s Arch Capital Group Ltd., announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty’s US MidCorp and Entertainment businesses for a cash consideration of $450 million. The transaction includes …
April 5, 2024
Women’s representation in senior level positions at US companies faces an “alarming turning point,” with steady growth showing signs of fatigue for the first time in two decades, according to a new report. Women accounted for 11.8% of the approximately …