August 9, 2019
There were so many questions after 17-year-old Ely Serna brought a shotgun to his Ohio school and opened fire in 2017, wounding two. Along with the whys, West Liberty-Salem High School assistant principal Andy McGill recalled thinking, “Is there something …
August 8, 2019
Chris Boden is stoked about the potential of a recently introduced bill in Congress that would create a safe harbor for insurers engaging with cannabis-related businesses. Boden is the cannabis practice group team leader at Crouse & Associates, a wholesale …
August 8, 2019
EmergIn Risk, part of the Ryan Specialty Group family and a division of RSG Underwriting Managers, has expanded its insurance agents and brokers professional liability program, [In]fuse to include new coverage and less exclusions. EmergIn Risk (formerly ThinkRisk) launched [In]fuse …
August 8, 2019
American International Group (AIG) President and CEO Brian Duperreault has insisted that the insurer’s General Insurance unit will produce an underwriting profit for all of 2019, after a decade of losses. His promise has now come true for the second …
August 8, 2019
Assured Guaranty Ltd. has agreed to take over BlueMountain Capital Management, the $19.3 billion money manager that has come under pressure in recent months. Assured Guaranty will pay $160 million to buy out majority shareholder Affiliated Managers Group Inc. and …
August 8, 2019
Richmond, Virginia-based specialty insurer Kinsale Capital Group (NASDAQ: KNSL) announced the pricing of its underwritten public offering of 645,000 shares of common stock at a price of $93.00 per share. The company expects the net proceeds from the offering to …
August 8, 2019
Apple Inc. was sued over claims that the privacy of Siri users was violated when human reviewers listened to customer recordings. The lawsuit was filed as a class action Wednesday, just days after Apple said it would pause its program …
August 8, 2019
It took a $650,000 salary for Matt Comyns to entice a seasoned cybersecurity expert to join one of America’s largest companies as chief information security officer in 2012. At the time, it was among the most lucrative offers out there. …
August 8, 2019
Most retailers have plans in place to deal with an active shooter, like the one that terrorized a Walmart Inc. store this past weekend in El Paso, Texas. But a hot job market has hit worker retention rates, making it …
August 7, 2019
Munich Re has launched a new suite of hurricane response tools designed to help insurance companies assess widespread property damage after a hurricane and improve their customers’ claims experience. Developed by Munich Re’s Remote Industries team, the Hurricane Response Suite …