June 19, 2019
Lloyd’s of London Ltd. is meeting with major U.S. insurers about driving more business through its global insurance market, Chief Executive Officer John Neal said on Wednesday. The 330-year-old insurance market, which launched its most recent modernization effort in May, …
June 19, 2019
Aspen Insurance, the insurance segment of Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd., announced the launch of its cyber risk management platform, SSIMPLE, which was developed to assist clients in the prevention and detection of, and response to, privacy and network security incidents. …
June 19, 2019
The nation’s largest insurer has stepped up its investment in telematics, announcing this week an upgrade to its usage-based insurance program that allows policyholders to check on their driving habits trip-by-trip instead of waiting for a periodic score card. State …
June 19, 2019
The father of a victim of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre has won a defamation lawsuit against the authors of a book that claimed the shooting never happened — the latest victory for victims’ relatives who have been taking …
June 19, 2019
An online pharmacy told U.S. regulators it found another cancer-causing chemical in widely prescribed blood-pressure pills, raising new questions about a complex global web of companies that produces medicine for millions of people. A solvent called dimethylformamide was discovered in …
June 19, 2019
Bayer AG has asked a California judge to overrule a $2 billion verdict by jurors who found the company’s glyphosate-based Roundup weed killer responsible for a couple’s cancer, arguing the jury decision was not supported by evidence. The German drugmaker …
June 19, 2019
The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) was originally created by Congress to transfer U.S. flood insurance risk to private insurers. However, in 1978, (when private insurance carriers assumed over 40 percent of the nation’s flood insurance risk), NFIP administrators used …
June 19, 2019
Facebook Inc. announced ambitious plans on Tuesday to launch a new global cryptocurrency called Libra, part of an effort to expand into digital payments that immediately raised privacy concerns. The social networking giant has linked with 28 partners including Mastercard, …
June 19, 2019
A possible sale of workers’ compensation specialist Applied Underwriters looks to be a step closer to reality. The California Department of Insurance is reviewing an application for the sale of the Calif.-based Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary. CDI officials confirmed with Insurance …
June 18, 2019
The National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) has partnered with Chubb to provide NAWBO members with small business insurance resources, including education, insurance products and services generally reserved for global corporations, including Chubb’s Cyber Enterprise Risk Management policy. According …