London-based service provider RI3K announced the completion of its new message service for the insurance and reinsurance industry, following extensive trials to assure that “it is scalable, secure and fit for purpose,” said the bulletin. The RI3K Message Service offers …
Lockton announced from its London office that it has “designed an exclusive insurance product called Business Resilience in partnership with Kiln, an international insurance and reinsurance underwriter.” The coverage targets Lockton clients, who have “time critical networks and who have …
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has signed legislation that requires businesses and government agencies to promptly notify consumers when private information such as Social Security and driver’s license numbers have been lost or stolen. The law also allows residents to place …
An out-of-state resident can be sued for libel in New Jersey for statements posted to a Web site forum because his comments targeted a New Jersey resident, a New Jersey appeals court has ruled. The ruling in Danna Goldhaber et …
New England insurance broker Telamon Insurance & Financial Network is going beyond typical insurance offerings by partnering with a firm to give its business clients insurance for their electronic data. The broker is working with AmeriVault Corp., which provides online …
Berkley Net Underwriters, LLC, a subsidiary of W. R. Berkley Corp., has launched an online portal at www.berkleynet.com specializing in underwriting workers’ compensation insurance. BerkleyNet’s target market is small to mid-sized businesses. Agents accessing the site can quote and bind …
Phone and Internet provider FiberNet expected service to be restored to most of its customers Wednesday following a blackout that affected up to 20,000 homes, businesses and emergency providers across West Virginia. Employees of the Charleston-based fiber-optic company have been …
A new campaign to increase the implementation of real time and download technology-based workflows and independent agency-company interface applications is gaining ground, campaign supporters say. The Real Time/Download Campaign — backed by agents and brokers, agency system carriers, technology providers, …
In a further move to bring its processing operations into the 21st Century, Lloyd’s announced that it has “teamed up with Adsensa – one of the London Market’s leading suppliers of slip and policy checking tools – to provide underwriters …
Guy Carpenter & Company, Marsh & McLennan’s risk and reinsurance specialist, announced plans to mandate the use of Electronic Claims File (ECF) for in-scope claims for all Lloyd’s markets from January 1, 2008. “This decision follows the successful implementation of …
