Business Insurance

Cyber analysis firm relaunches as program manager backed by Intact

Cyber analysis company Arceo.ai has relaunched as Resilience Cyber Insurance Solutions and will offer insurance coverage as a program manager supported by Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions.

Posted: Nov 11, 2020

Drug legalization trend continues; safety advocates wary

Election day saw another wave of marijuana legalization, with voters in four states joining the ranks of the 11 states that had already approved recreational marijuana and voters in two states approving medical marijuana.

Posted: Nov 11, 2020

Documentation crucial in E&O coverage suits: Experts

Documentation is essential for insurance brokers to protect themselves in errors and omissions lawsuits as policyholders who have been largely unsuccessful in obtaining business interruption coverage from their insurers eventually turn to them for co...

Posted: Nov 10, 2020

Liberty Mutual app aims to help prevent overexertion injuries

Liberty Mutual Holding Co. Inc. released an app to help policyholders protect workers from the most expensive workplace injuries, the Boston-based insurer announced Tuesday.

Posted: Nov 10, 2020

In-network costs lower except for back, shoulder comp injuries

The average medical costs paid per claim are higher in-network for back and shoulder injuries compared with out-of-network claims, though lower for all other injuries, according to a study released Tuesday by the National Council on Compensation Insu...

Posted: Nov 10, 2020

RPS unveils commercial crime fraud product

Risk Placement Services Inc. is using its online platform to launch a commercial crime insurance product covering losses resulting from fraud committed by internal and external parties, the Rolling Meadows, Illinois-based wholesale broker and managin...

Posted: Nov 10, 2020

Travelers offers policy to cover comp, evacuation of workers abroad

Travelers Cos. Inc. has launched a global property/casualty policy for U.S. companies with foreign exposures, the insurer announced Tuesday.

Posted: Nov 10, 2020

Nikola discloses grand jury subpoenas from DOJ

Nikola Corp. and its founder Trevor Milton received grand jury subpoenas from the U.S. Department of Justice in September in connection to allegations of fraud by short-seller Hindenburg, the electric-truck maker said in a regulatory filing late on M...

Posted: Nov 10, 2020

More than half of disposable gowns miss standards

More than half of disposable gowns used to protect health care workers from COVID-19 and other exposures fail to meet necessary protection standards, according to a study released Tuesday by nonprofit Emergency Care Resource Institute.

Posted: Nov 10, 2020

Employment perk is common employment quandary

Almost a quarter of employees choose the wrong health insurance, according to an unpublished study by economists at the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio.

Posted: Nov 10, 2020

AssuredPartners announces executive changes

Fast-growing brokerage AssuredPartners Inc. on Tuesday unveiled a series of changes to its senior leadership to support incoming CEO Thomas E. Riley from Jan. 1, 2021.

Posted: Nov 10, 2020

Some commercial rate changes rise in October: Ivans

October premium rate changes rose in general liability, commercial property and umbrella while rate changes for commercial auto, business owner’s policy and workers compensation declined, according to insurance exchange Ivans Insurance Services, a di...

Posted: Nov 10, 2020

Policyholders may see rising cyber rates, restrictions: Panel

Policyholders could face 10% rate hikes on their cyber insurance over the new few months because of the growing losses associated with ransomware attacks, and coverage restrictions may be in the offing as well, an expert says.

Posted: Nov 10, 2020

French medical regulator indicted over Sanofi epilepsy drug

The French medical safety regulator faces prosecution for injuries and manslaughter by negligence caused by epilepsy drug valproate, which was sold by pharmaceutical firm Sanofi as Dépakine.

Posted: Nov 10, 2020

Allianz's profit rises 6% despite pandemic

Germany-based insurer Allianz SE's net profit increased 6% year-over-year to nearly €2.1 billion ($2.4 billion) in the third quarter of 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

Posted: Nov 10, 2020

Scor expects pandemic P&C claims to surpass $300 million

French reinsurer Scor SE expects COVID-19 pandemic-related property/casualty claims to reach €256 million ($304 million).

Posted: Nov 10, 2020

Nearly 4,400 buildings damaged in Turkish quake

The 6.6-magnitude earthquake that hit the Turkish province of Izmir on Oct. 30 destroyed 342 buildings, damaged 3,660 buildings heavily and 383 moderately.

Posted: Nov 10, 2020

Global reinsurers to pressure Africa to increase rates

Ryan Phillips, chief operating officer at Lloyd's broker Afro-Asian Insurance Services Ltd., said that six global reinsurers will pressure Africa to increase insurance rates.

Posted: Nov 10, 2020

Credit card data of 10 million customers leaked

Spain-based Prestige Software has leaked data of 10 million customers of several booking websites including Booking.com, Expedia, Agoda, Hotels.com, and Sabre, among others.

Posted: Nov 10, 2020

Nonlife premiums fall 2% in Russia

Vladimir Chistyukhin, deputy chairman of the Bank of Russia, said that nonlife insurance premiums declined 2% year-over-year to 267 billion Russian rubles ($3.5 billion) in the first nine months of 2020.

Posted: Nov 10, 2020

Hurricane damage delays exports from Honduras, Guatemala

The damage caused by hurricane Eta, which hit Honduras and Guatemala last week, has delayed exports from both the nations.

Posted: Nov 10, 2020

Heavy rains cause flash floods in Spanish town

Heavy rains and strong winds caused flash floods in the Spanish municipality of Ardales.

Posted: Nov 10, 2020

Workplace COVID-19 testing raises biometric privacy concerns

Employers testing their workers for COVID-19 should be wary of inadvertently also collecting biometric information in violation of state privacy laws.

Posted: Nov 10, 2020

Alliant hires three from Truist for construction services posts

Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has hired Dale Harshaw, Rocky Qualin and Geoff Shelton from Truist Insurance Service Inc. as senior vice presidents in its construction services group, the Newport Beach, California-based broker said in a statement Mo...

Posted: Nov 09, 2020

Walmart must cover treatment for injured security guard

The Supreme Court of Alaska ruled Friday that Walmart Associates Inc. must continue to provide benefits to a security guard who in 2016 was shot in the face with a pellet gun in an altercation at a store in Eagle Ridge, Alaska, and continues to suffe...

Posted: Nov 09, 2020