5 Ways Cyber Business Interruption Differs from Traditional Business Interruption: RIMS May 19, 2021 By Andrew G. Simpson While a typical business interruption can often be a confusing insurance situation, the picture gets even muddier when it involves...
Supreme Court Backs Challenge to IRS Micro-Captive Reporting Rule May 17, 2021 By Andrew G. Simpson The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed a challenge to an Internal Revenue Services (IRS) requirement for firms to report micro-captive...
Biden Labor Department Nixes Trump Rule Affecting Gig Workers May 5, 2021 By Andrew G. Simpson The U.S. Department of Labor announced it is withdrawing a rule by the previous Trump Administration affecting independent contractors that...
Why Sharing Economy Firms Just Might Be the Best Insurance Customers May 5, 2021 By Andrew G. Simpson Imagine insurance customers who actually enjoy meeting with their insurance broker. Customers who see insurance not as a nuisance mandate...
Swiss Re Scores Profit Despite COVID Death Claims, Catastrophe Losses May 3, 2021 By Andrew G. Simpson Swiss Re reported consolidated net income of USD 333 million in the first quarter of 2021, despite heightened losses in...
In His Own Words: Q&A with Applied Underwriters’ Menzies on Buffet, California and ‘Pumping Entrepreneurial Power’ May 3, 2021 By Andrew G. Simpson Steve Menzies, founder and chairman of Applied Underwriters Inc., is a busy man. Since he reacquired his company from Warren...
No Delays Found in Medical Care for Workers’ Compensation Claimants During COVID May 3, 2021 By Andrew G. Simpson Despite potential obstacles posed by the coronavirus pandemic, injured workers experienced no meaningful delays in access to medical treatment under...
MarshMcLennan Fills Its Talent Pool in the Wake of Aon-Willis Merger April 29, 2021 By Andrew G. Simpson It has not happened yet but the proposed merger of large global insurance brokers Aon and Willis Towers Watson is...
Chubb CEO Sees ‘Outstanding’ Q1 and Lots of Options for Growth Without Hartford April 29, 2021 By Andrew G. Simpson Chubb reported sizable net income of $2.30 billion in the first quarter of 2021 versus $252 million for the prior...
Court Upends $6M Wisconsin Lead Paint Ruling But More Cases to Come April 28, 2021 By Andrew G. Simpson Peter Earle has been fighting for child victims of lead paint poisoning for more than 20 years and he and...