Insurance
Chubb: People Are Using Multifactor Authentication to Log In…With a Pet Password
According to a poll by Chubb of adults in the U.S. and Canada, a little more than half said they use multifactor authentication to log into online accounts, which is twice the number of people from a survey a year …
Read More Sentence Upheld for Tenn. Trial Lawyer Who Said Football Brain Injuries Led to Misdeeds
A Memphis plaintiffs’ attorney who made his living suing auto insurance carriers must spend two-and-a-half years behind bars for forging clients’ names on multiple settlement checks and depositing them into his own bank accounts, a federal appeals court has decided. …
Read More Louisiana’s Donelon Traveling to London to Meet With Lloyd’s
The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) announced Commissioner Jim Donelon is traveling to London this week to meet with leaders from Lloyd’s of London (Lloyd’s) and the International Underwriting Association of London (IUA). During the meetings, Commissioner Donelon will provide …
Read More South Dakota Pot Legalization Effort Facing Resistance
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – When it comes to marijuana, South Dakota has been a leader among its Great Plains neighbors: one of the first to legalize recreational use, the first to approve both medical and recreational forms on the …
Read More People Moves: MS Amlin Appoints TMK’s Evans as Senior Underwriter, Marine Reinsurance; WTW Global Aerospace Heath Names PIIQ’s Heath to Lead Aerospace
MS Amlin Appoints TMK’s Evans as Senior Underwriter, Marine Reinsurance MS Amlin Underwriting Ltd., the Lloyd’s market re/insurer, announced the appointment of Paul Evans as senior underwriter Marine Reinsurance. Evans will take up the role on Nov. 1 and will …
Read More Wisconsin Apartment Fire Kills 7
Seven people died in an apartment fire early Friday, Oct. 21 in the southern Wisconsin village of Hartland, the police chief said. “This is an active criminal investigation by the Hartland Police Department,” police Chief Torin Misko said at a …
Read More Court Revives Louisiana Wetlands Damage Suit Against Big Oil
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A federal appeals court has ordered a nine-year-old lawsuit filed against oil and gas companies over damage to Louisiana’s wetlands to be returned to state court for trial, potentially clearing the way for at least 41 …
Read More Few Insurers Offer Input on Future of the Federal Home Loan Bank System
Very few insurance companies showed up this month to talk about the future of the much-debated, 90-year-old Federal Home Loan Bank System, despite the fact that the system lends heavily to many large insurers at low interest rates, for a …
Read More Broker UIB Forms Corporate & Capital Risks Practice After Restructuring Specialty Lines
United Insurance Brokers (UIB), the London-based re/insurance broker, announced the formation of its Corporate & Capital Risks practice. This announcement comes after UIB restructured its Specialty Lines Division this month and continued to develop its multi-line suite of specialist products. …
Read More With Less Reinsurance for Reinsurers, Prices Set to Rise Again for Florida Carriers
It has been three weeks since Hurricane Ian struck Florida on Sept. 28, 2022. The storm took at least 119 lives and caused estimated insured losses ranging from $31 billion to $74 billion, with most estimates in the $60 billion …
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