Business Insurance

Nominations open for 2020 Innovation Awards

Business Insurance is accepting nominations for the 2020 Innovation Awards.

Posted: Apr 23, 2020

Axis appoints cyber exec for strategy, innovation

Axis Insurance, a unit of Pembroke, Bermuda-based Axis Capital Holdings Ltd., said Thursday it named Max Perkins to the newly created position of head of strategy and innovation for the company’s global cyber and technology unit, effective immediatel...

Posted: Apr 23, 2020

NSC creates task force to help employers resume operations

More than two dozen associations and companies have teamed up with the National Safety Council to create a nationwide task force to help employers safely resume operations in the post-pandemic world.

Posted: Apr 23, 2020

Virginia medical costs dip with comp fee schedule

The average medical payment per claim in Virginia decreased 13% after the state implemented a workers compensation medical fee schedule in 2018, according to study details released by the Workers Compensation Research Institute on Thursday.

Posted: Apr 23, 2020

Global re capital may have shrunk $30B amid pandemic: Willis Re

Global reinsurance capital may be eroded by some $30 billion as a result of market movements in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, according to a report released Thursday by Willis Re, the reinsurance arm of broker Willis Towers Watson.

Posted: Apr 23, 2020

Reinsurance capital hit by pandemic: Willis Re

Global reinsurance capital may be eroded by some $30 billion as a result of market movements in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, according to a report released Thursday by Willis Re, the reinsurance arm of broker Willis Towers Watson.

Posted: Apr 23, 2020

Business groups sue comp commission for COVID expansion

Two Illinois business associations have filed a lawsuit challenging the statutory authority of the Illinois Workers Compensation Commission to issue an order that significantly expanded workers compensation coverage for employees who acquire COVID-19...

Posted: Apr 23, 2020

Beazley snags former Chubb executives

Beazley PLC has snagged four former Chubb Ltd. executives to underwrite a new product recall coverage for private businesses in the United States set to launch in the second quarter.

Posted: Apr 23, 2020

Aerospace products firm sues insurer for coronavirus coverage

A titanium products manufacturer for the commercial and military aerospace industry sued its insurer in federal court Monday seeking coverage for business income losses related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Posted: Apr 23, 2020

Chinese insurer Ping An’s profits plunge due to coronavirus

Ping An Insurance (Group) Co. of China Ltd, on Thursday reported a 42.7% drop in first-quarter profit, its biggest fall in quarterly profits in more than eight years, as the coronavirus outbreak disrupted its businesses.

Posted: Apr 23, 2020

Croatia quake causes $6 billion in damage

The Croatian government said that the 5.3-magnitude earthquake that struck the capital city of Zagreb on March 22 caused around 42 billion Croatian kuna ($6 billion) worth of damage.

Posted: Apr 23, 2020

Firms to shift supply chains from China after outbreak: Official

Mark Mobius, founder of U.K.-based asset manager Mobius Capital Partners LLP, said that companies around the world will alter their supply chains to be less dependent on China following the coronavirus pandemic.

Posted: Apr 23, 2020

Hannover Re withdraws full-year outlook

Germany-based Hannover Re SE has withdrawn its profit guidance for the current year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Posted: Apr 23, 2020

Scor sees 6.6% price increase at April renewals

France-based reinsurer Scor SE experienced a 6.6% increase in pricing, while premiums written rose nearly 6% at the April reinsurance renewals.

Posted: Apr 23, 2020

Air Mexico posts more than $100 million loss due to pandemic

Airline Aerovias de Mexico SA de CV posted a loss of more than 2.5 billion Mexican pesos ($102 million) in the first quarter due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Posted: Apr 23, 2020

Italian bank’s employee data for sale online

A database containing information about 3,000 employees of Italian bank UniCredit SpA has been available for sale on cybercrime forums since April 19.

Posted: Apr 23, 2020

Former reinsurance brokerage executive Sal Zaffino dies

Sal Zaffino, former chairman of Guy Carpenter & Co. LLC, died on Sunday. He was 74.

Posted: Apr 22, 2020

Business Insurance property survey to close this week

Business Insurance has commissioned our third annual survey on the property insurance market, which is conducted by Signet, an independent research company.

Posted: Apr 22, 2020

Hackers target China over virus response: researchers

Hackers working in support of the Vietnamese government have attempted to break into Chinese state organizations at the center of Beijing's effort to contain the coronavirus outbreak, U.S. cybersecurity firm FireEye said on Wednesday.

Posted: Apr 22, 2020

DOT worker with mental injuries can submit new evidence

A Missouri Department of Transportation worker who witnessed death on the job and claims she suffered post-traumatic stress disorder leading to permanent disability can submit new evidence after the Supreme Court of Missouri in 2017 reversed her awar...

Posted: Apr 22, 2020

Chubb reports sharp profit decrease in Q1

Chubb Ltd. posted first-quarter net income of $252 million compared with $1.04 billion a year ago, as the company saw a reduction of more than $900 million in adjusted net realized losses, according to its earnings release Tuesday.

Posted: Apr 22, 2020

Emojis in business emails? (Thumbs down)

You may want to resist that smiley face emoji, the frown, the thumbs up or down, or the cute one with the eyeglasses if you want to seem professional in business communications.

Posted: Apr 22, 2020

Suit claims banks rigged market for 'odd-lot' corporate bonds

Ten of the world's largest banks, including JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Bank of America Corp., have been sued for allegedly conspiring over nearly 14 years to rig prices in the $9.6 trillion U.S. corporate bond market, costing ordinary investors billion...

Posted: Apr 22, 2020

In a first, Missouri sues China over coronavirus economic losses

Missouri became on Tuesday the first U.S. state to sue the Chinese government over its handling of the coronavirus, saying that China's response to the outbreak that originated in the city of Wuhan brought devastating economic losses to the state.

Posted: Apr 22, 2020

AssuredPartners buys Florida trucking agency

AssuredPartners Inc. has acquired Transportation Insurance Advisors LLC, a specialist trucking agency in Sanford, Florida.

Posted: Apr 22, 2020