Markel Says It Is Resolving Suits Filed by Fired CatCo Executives July 16, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Markel Corp. appears on the way to settling with two former employees who sued over unpaid bonuses after they were...
House Committee Approves 5-Year Flood Insurance Extension with Bipartisan Reforms June 13, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson A key House committee has passed legislation to renew the National Flood Insurance Program for five years and institute various...
Privacy Exclusion Protects Insurer from $60 Million Class Action June 4, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson A federal judge in Florida has ruled that a policy exclusion for invasion of privacy claims relieved an insurer of...
Judge Restrains 3 Former Guy Carpenter Execs Who Moved to Lockton Global Re May 31, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson A federal judge in New York has granted reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter’s request for a temporary restraining order against three...
Congress Renews Flood Insurance Program Until June 14 May 30, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Having failed several times to pass a $19 billion disaster aid bill with a federal flood insurance reauthorization provision by...
Managing Sexual Harassment Risk in the #MeToo Era May 24, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Since October 2017 when the #MeToo era began and sexual harassment claims against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein were revealed, insurers...
Why Less Data May Be More for Employers Using Wearables in Workplace May 15, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Employers deploying wearables in the workplace are possibly exposing themselves to more risk than they realize by collecting more data...
Marsh/JLT Suit Against Competitor NFP Alleges Poaching of 13 Employees May 10, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Jardine Lloyd Thompson Specialty Insurance Service (JLT), which became a subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan on April 1, is suing...
GEICO Helps Boost Berkshire Hathaway’s Q1 Profit May 7, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Berkshire Hathaway Inc. on Saturday said gains in its stock investments were behind its good first-quarter profit. Better results from...
Sniffing Out Particles, Singling Out Pigs: Food Industry Urged to Embrace Robots, AI May 6, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson E.coli in beef. Metal shavings in bread crumbs. Contaminated water on vegetables. The food industry has its share of quality...