November 8, 2019
Paula Lawlor was sifting through piles of internal General Motors Co. documents in a hotel room outside of Los Angeles when she hit pay dirt: Company records showing that GM knew for years that stronger roofs on its vehicles could …
November 8, 2019
A federal appeals court found United Parcel Service Inc liable to New York state and New York City for shipping hundreds of thousands of cartons of untaxed cigarettes, but reduced its payout for damages and unpaid taxes to about $97.6 …
November 8, 2019
Global insurance broker Marsh has appointed Reid Sawyer as U.S. Cyber Risk Consulting leader. In this newly created role, Sawyer will lead the strategy and delivery of Marsh’s cybersecurity consulting services in the U.S., working with Marsh’s cyber insurance brokerage …
November 8, 2019
The day after Argo Group International Holdings announced CEO Mark Watson III was retiring “immediately,” investors seemed ecstatic, driving the company’s stock price up 5.6 percent on Nov. 6. Watson’s departure as CEO is a good thing for the bigger …
November 8, 2019
Global insurance services firm H.W. Kaufman Group and its subsidiary Burns & Wilcox, a North American wholesale insurance broker and underwriting manager, have announced numerous leadership promotions. Twenty-three insurance industry associates across 15 locations in the United States and Canada …
November 8, 2019
AM Best has placed the credit ratings of Argo Group International Holdings Ltd. and its subsidiaries under review with negative implications. These actions are a reaction to the sudden departure of Mark E. Watson III, Argo’s chief executive officer, but …
November 8, 2019
The board of VIBE Syndicate Management announced, effective Dec. 31, 2019, its Syndicate 5678 at Lloyd’s will be placed into a planned run-off. “It was with considerable regret that our board reached the conclusion that the business does not have …
November 8, 2019
Re/insurance market Lloyd’s announced its decision to merge the Council of Lloyd’s and the Franchise Board, effective from June 1, 2020, after receiving widespread support from across the market. The news follows five months of consultation across the Lloyd’s market, …
November 8, 2019
A former insurance agent, political campaign treasurer and Tennessee Republican Party committeewoman, is accused of stealing from her father’s campaign and pocketing insurance money from policyholders who used her family’s insurance company. News outlets report Kelsey Ketron, 29, has been …
November 8, 2019
Research finds that when one company experiences a cybersecurity breach, other companies in the same field also become less attractive to investors. However, companies that are open about their cybersecurity risk management fare significantly better than peers that don’t disclose …