Risk & Insurance
New reports covering coronavirus reveal a situation that is changing daily and that businesses, especially those with work, travel or operations in or near the epicenter of Wuhan, China, need to follow closely. As of early February, the nu...
Posted: Feb 05, 2020
Facebook Settles Facial Recognition Suit for $550 Million The Case: Can Facebook legally use biometric data to help users tag each other in photos? That was the central question in a lawsuit between the soci...
Posted: Feb 05, 2020
Despite the best intentions of everyone involved in an injured worker’s care, treatment missteps can plague any kind of claim, compromising a worker’s ability to recover effectively, as well as driving up both medical and indemnity costs.
Posted: Feb 05, 2020
One trend in the insurance industry is clear: Rates are rising. “The market is in transition,” explained Chris Kopser, president of global risk management, North America, AXA XL. “It’s an evolving market driven by the change in the loss lan...
Posted: Feb 05, 2020
It is no news that the global insurance industry faces a number of challenges: a persistently high expense ratio, unreliable underwriting profit, lumbering legacy IT systems, inconsistent customer service, limited product innovation and a business...
Posted: Feb 05, 2020
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Posted: Feb 04, 2020
Acentria Insurance Announces Executive Promotions and a New Chairman of the Board
Posted: Feb 04, 2020
The U.S. construction industry erects approximately $1.3 trillion worth of structures annually, according to the Associated General Contractors of America, with any single project having dozens of workers and millions of dollars in completed work...
Posted: Feb 04, 2020
Misclassification Suit Leads to $2.75M Settlement for 50 Workers The Case: Fifty workers sued electrical contractor Power Design and two subcontractors claiming that they were misclassified as independent con...
Posted: Feb 03, 2020
For every workers’ compensation injury, there are probably dozens of ways that injury could unexpectedly spiral out of control, compromising a worker’s recovery and dramatically hiking up costs. Payers and employers strive to spot red flags...
Posted: Feb 03, 2020
Amid the gloom of a fast hardening market, workers’ compensation has become a source of relief for insurance buyers. While several property and casualty lines have gone significantly up in recent renewals, workers’ comp rates have continued...
Posted: Feb 03, 2020
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Posted: Jan 31, 2020
The whispers of a hard market for directors’ and officers’ policies just turned into screams, as policyholders saw another round of price hikes in the third quarter of 2019. The market is stabilizing after more than a dec...
Posted: Jan 30, 2020
Back in February 2019, Morgan Stanley released a report outlining the costs of climate disa...
Posted: Jan 29, 2020
The road to cannabis insurance is not getting any smoother with the drug’s emerging legality. Advertisement
Posted: Jan 28, 2020
Zurich North America Names New Head of Corporate Sustainability
Posted: Jan 28, 2020
Apple Sues Ex-Employee Who Launched Competitive Startup The Case: Startup companies are particularly protective of their intellectual property and talent. The rule of thumb is simple: Anything you invent dur...
Posted: Jan 28, 2020
For the second year running, Risk & Insurance®, sponsored by Healthesystems,...
Posted: Jan 27, 2020
What will it take to see more women advance into the ranks of senior executives? The answer might lie in promoting business acumen. Advertisement
Posted: Jan 27, 2020
Businesses of any size are vulnerable to countless risks, but the ones with the most assets don’t necessarily have the most to lose. While more money and more employees means larger risk exposure, larger businesses have more options availab...
Posted: Jan 26, 2020
As technology, regulation and changing workforce dynamics continue to evolve, it can be difficult to keep pace with the necessary tasks professionals in the workers’ compensation and insurance industries need to manage.
Posted: Jan 25, 2020