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Government’s SVB Intervention Saved Insurers From Significant D&O Claims

Mar 15 2023 // Had the federal government not stepped in to make Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) depositors whole, providers of directors and officers insurance for startups and venture capitalists – as well as financial institutions...

EU Prepares for Climate Stress Test That Includes Insurers

Mar 14 2023 // The European Union is starting to prepare the region’s next stress test to measure the financial sector’s readiness for climate change, with the exercise set to involve the insurance industry for the first...

Ex-Goldman Banker Faces Insider Trading Trial After Being Cut Off by Bank’s Insurer

Mar 14 2023 // A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. vice president who goes on trial for insider trading in June is scrambling to pay for his legal defense after he was cut off by the bank’s insurers.Brijesh Goel, who has pleaded not...

Insurers Successfully Merge Lawsuits Brought by Lessors for Jets Confiscated in Russia

Mar 13 2023 // Insurers led by AIG succeeded in their attempt to merge several lawsuits brought by aircraft lessors over outstanding claims for jets that have been left out of reach in Russia.Judge Christopher John Butcher at...

Update: Swiss Regulator Monitors Banks, Insurers for Contagion After SVB Collapse

Mar 13 2023 // Swiss financial regulator FINMA on Monday said it was closely monitoring the banks and insurers it oversees after the U.S. moved to guarantee the deposits of two failing lenders in an effort to stem contagion.Credit...

Markets/Coverages: Specialist Re/insurer Apollo Announces Partnership With Praedicat to Harness Emerging Risk Insights

Mar 10 2023 // Apollo, the London-based independent specialist insurer and reinsurer, announced a three-year agreement with Praedicat, the California-based emerging risk analytics and modeling company, that will deploy Praedicat’s...

Canada Financial Watchdog Sets Rules for Insurers, Banks on Climate Risk Disclosure

Mar 8 2023 // Canada’s financial industry regulator published a set of guidelines for banks, insurance companies and other regulated firms to assess and disclose climate risks.Financial firms will need to release climate-related...

Connecting and Expanding the Carrier Ecosystem

Mar 8 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic.The increased frequency of severe storms and climate change-fueled catastrophes is driving the need for insurance carriers to prepare themselves to handle more and more...

Should a State Surcharge Insurers That Underwrite Fossil Fuel Risks?

Mar 7 2023 // Connecticut lawmakers are considering imposing a surcharge on insurers’ premiums from the fossil fuel industry.The proposal (SB-1115) calls for a tax of 5% of any premiums any insurer licensed in the state receives...

Louisiana Commissioner Giving Incentive to Insurers Taking UPC Policies

Mar 6 2023 // Louisiana Commissioner Jim Donelon is notifying property/casualty insurers that they will receive credit toward the Insure Louisiana Incentive Program’s grant requirements for assuming United Property & Casualty...

Texas Anti-ESG Push Is Coming for Insurers and Pensions in New Bills

Mar 6 2023 // A Texas lawmaker is seeking to broaden the fight against ESG (environmental social governance) policies by imposing further limits on the types of investments state pension managers can make and restricting shareholder...

P/C Carriers Losing Ground to MGAs in Talent War

Mar 6 2023 // During a webinar about an insurance industry labor market survey last month, an industry recruiter said that insurance carriers are losing ground to managing general agents in the war for talent.“On the property and...

Insurer Faces Class Action for Depreciating Labor in Actual Cash Value Payments

Mar 6 2023 // Two Trumbull Insurance customers who believe they were short-changed on claims payments have filed a proposed class action suit against the insurer, alleging Trumbull has been incorrectly calculating some property claim...

Used-Vehicle Prices May Be Cresting but Insurers Still Underwater

Mar 6 2023 // It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” would be an apt description of the last few years for auto insurers. Immediately after a nationwide, months-long driving hiatus caused collisions to plummet and...

Insurers View New Car Sales Rise in California as More Evidence for Rate Filings

Mar 6 2023 // New figures show car sales in California continue to slowly return to pre-pandemic levels, which the state’s auto insurers believe is another indication the state’s insurance regulator needs to approve more...

How Insurers Can Help Small Businesses Grow and Prosper

Mar 6 2023 // The past three years taught business owners resilience and adaptability. This is especially true for small businesses faced with the unique challenges of the pandemic, inflation, and the Great Resignation.But the pandemic...

Florida Tort Reform Bill Goes Big, Checks Most Remaining Boxes for Insurers Hoping to Stem Litigation

Mar 6 2023 // Outside of insurance attorneys, plaintiffs’ lawyers and some doctors, few people in Florida may be familiar with what are known as letters of protection.But critics say the instruments, in which doctors agree to take...

Florida’s Reform Bill Means New Deadlines for Insurers, Insureds, Starting This Week

Mar 3 2023 // Senate Bill 2A, enacted into law in December, gave Florida property insurers some major relief on litigation costs. But it also required a number of consumer-friendly actions from carriers and sets new timetables on...

PLUS Panelists Warn Insurers Not to Get Comfortable Riding the Cyber Rollercoaster

Mar 3 2023 // Jeremy Gittler, practice leader and head of Cyber Americas at AXA XL, thinks of the cyber insurance industry as a rollercoaster. He says that after several years of turbulence with the advent of more sophisticated...

Architects & Engineers Insurers Seek More Rate Increases: Ames & Gough

Mar 1 2023 // According to a new survey from specialty broker Ames & Gough, insurers of professional liability for architects and engineers are planning additional rate increases to keep pace with rising claims costs, a backlog of...