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UK Insurers Provide Test Case for Post-Brexit ‘Unshackling’ From EU Capital Rules

Nov 17 2022 // The British government and the Bank of England are reforming insurers’ capital rules, seen as a post-Brexit test of UK willingness to “unshackle” the City of London after leaving the European Union.Reform...

Aircraft Lessor BOC Aviation Sues 16 Insurers Over Claims for Jets Stuck in Russia

Nov 14 2022 // BOC Aviation Ltd. has begun legal action in pursuit of claims against 16 insurers over aircraft the lessor owns that are stuck in Russia, an Irish High Court filing shows.The insurers named in the proceedings, which the...

UPDATED: All the Latest Insurance Company Hurricane Ian Estimates Plus NFIP

Nov 14 2022 // With third-quarter earnings reports for publicly traded companies slowing down to a trickle, and FEMA publishing an estimate of NFIP last Friday, Carrier Management has updated a company-by-company list of Hurricane Ian...

Abortions, Drug Use Exposed in Cyber Attack on Australian Health Insurer Medibank

Nov 14 2022 // When the Australian health insurer Medibank Private Ltd. was hit with a ransomware attack last month, it provided regular updates to its customers, including the revelation that personal information from nearly 10 million...

Reuters: Russian Oil Cap Spurs Insurer Fears of Oil-Laden Ships Being Left at Sea

Nov 11 2022 // Oil-laden tankers risk being left languishing at sea if insurers do not urgently get clarity on an unfinished G7 and European Union plan to cap the price of Russian crude, two senior industry executives told Reuters.The...

Insurers Say ‘Bazooka’ of Bogus Boy Scouts Claims is Abuse of Bankruptcy System

Nov 10 2022 // A group of insurers – including subsidiaries of AIG, Liberty Mutual, Allianz, Sompo International, and Travelers – are challenging an approval of the Boy Scouts of America’s $2.46 billion bankruptcy...

Tech Update: Risk Solved and expert.ai Offer Language-to-Data Solution for Insurers; Zurich Insurance Launches Global API Marketplace

Nov 10 2022 // Risk Solved and expert.ai Offer for Language-to-Data Solution for InsurersRisk Solved Ltd, a global risk management platform provider, and expert.ai, an artificial intelligence (AI) specialist in natural language...

Insuring Cannabis Summit: Making Carriers Comfortable, Ensuring Clients Sleep Well

Nov 10 2022 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tvMaking sure carriers are comfortable and your clients sleep well at night could be the key definition of what an insurance broker does. However, in the business of selling insurance to...

Washington AG Investigating ‘Possible Discrimination’ for Insurers Using Credit Scores

Nov 9 2022 // Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced that a Thurston County Superior Court judge rejected an attempt by PEMCO Mutual Insurance Company and subsidiaries of the Progressive Corporation to stop his office’s...

African Insurers Pledge $14 Billion of Cover for Climate Disaster Risks

Nov 9 2022 // A group of over 85 insurers in Africa has pledged to create a financing facility to provide $14 billion of cover to help the continent’s most vulnerable communities deal with climate disaster risks such as floods and...

Data Stolen From Australian Health Insurer Medibank Posted on Dark Web

Nov 9 2022 // Data stolen from an Australian health insurer, including the names, addresses and birthdates of hundreds of customers, has been posted to a forum on the so-called dark web.The files appear to be a sample of the data that...

The Tiny Insurance Company Standing Between Taxpayers and a Costly Coal Industry Bailout

Nov 8 2022 // In a quiet commercial strip in an upscale suburb of Nashville, there’s a single-story brick building housing a company that may determine whether another billion-dollar taxpayer bailout of the coal industry is...

Insuring Cannabis Summit: Carriers Seeing Evolution of the Space

Nov 7 2022 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tvMichael Hall was an early insurance carrier entrant into the insuring cannabis space. Yet, even as it has grown and his competition increases, he doesn’t seem to worry about losing...

Cyber Attack on Australian Insurer Medibank Far Bigger Than Initially Thought

Nov 7 2022 // A hack on an Australian health insurer appears to be far larger than initially suspected, with the company saying it will refuse to pay a ransom for the theft of data.The attack on Medibank Private Ltd. exposed the data of...

Robust Business Continuity Plans Need Regular Updates – and Insurers Play Vital Role

Nov 4 2022 // Having a robust, fit-for-purpose business continuity plan (BCP) should be a central part of risk mitigation at any major organization, yet far too often companies don’t give enough consideration to the matter, and...

Lloyd’s Insurer Ascot Resumes Quoting Cargo Insurance for Black Sea Grain Shipments

Nov 2 2022 // Lloyd’s of London insurer Ascot is once again quoting on its cargo insurance facility for the Black Sea grain corridor, the facility’s lead underwriter said on Wednesday after Russia announced it would resume...

Insurers Stop Offering Cargo Insurance for Ukraine Grains Shipments: Sources

Nov 2 2022 // Insurers are no longer offering new cargo insurance cover for shipments out of Ukraine through a U.N.-backed safe corridor after Russia suspended its participation, industry sources said on Tuesday.An export deal, agreed...

Carlyle Aviation Sues Insurers Over Seized Planes Leased to Russian Airlines

Nov 1 2022 // Carlyle Aviation Partners said it sued a group of insurance companies and re-insurers claiming they failed to pay for losses stemming from the seizure of planes leased to Russian airlines following the invasion of...

Update: Lloyd’s Insurer Ascot Pauses Writing New Cover for Ukrainian Grain Shipments

Oct 31 2022 // Lloyd’s of London insurer Ascot is suspending writing cover for new shipments using the Ukrainian grains corridor in the Black Sea until it has more clarity about the situation there, a senior official said on...

Dubai Aerospace Sues 11 Insurers, Including Lloyd’s, AIG, Chubb, for Jets Stuck in Russia

Oct 28 2022 // Aircraft leasing firm Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has filed a London lawsuit against 11 insurers, including Lloyd’s of London, AIG, Chubb and Swiss Re, two months after it wrote off almost $600 million for 19...