Claims & Reserving
U.S. Says Japan Signing Liability Pact Would Aid Nuclear Cleanup
Japan will receive international help with the cleanup at the Fukushima atomic station once it joins an existing treaty that defines liability for accidents at nuclear plants, U.S. Energy Secretary ...
Wrongful Incarceration Suits Surge Giving Rise To Insurance Coverage Trigger Issues
On Dec. 17, 1990, 17-year-old Jeffrey Deskovic was convicted by a Westchester County, N.Y., jury of the rape and murder of a 15-year-old high school classmate. Deskovic was sentenced to 15 years to ...
Sandy Facts ‘n Figures
Superstorm Sandy made landfall as a post-tropical cyclone on the U.S. East Coast October 29, 2012 after cutting a destructive path through the Bahamas, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica ...
New York Announces Emergency Disaster Protocol for Insurers
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that his administration has established a new emergency disaster protocol that insurers should expect to follow in the event of future severe storms and other ...
Lessons from Hurricane Sandy, a Year Later: Howard Mills Looks Back
The one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy may mark an appropriate time to review how the insurance industry reacted to this disaster and the lessons we can draw from that. As a former insurance ...
Jury Finds Toyota Liable in First Unintended Acceleration Crash Trial
Toyota Motor Corp. has been found liable in an unintended acceleration lawsuit in the U.S., one of the first such cases to go to trial since the Japanese carmaker began recalling millions of vehicles ...
Hannover Re Sees Rate Hikes in Germany, Stable Rates Elsewhere
Hannover Re, the world's third- largest reinsurer, said it expects higher rates for insurance and reinsurance in Germany following this year's flooding and hailstorms, which led to the most costly ...
Does, Should, Will TRIA Cover Cyber Terrorism?
The insurance industry will count on the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) if there is a terrorist strike on the United States, but will the program respond if the act of terrorism is a cyber ...