Latest Reputational Risk Headlines

All the headlines from our Reputational Risk Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Jerry Falwell Jr. Files Suit Against Liberty University Claiming Reputational Damage

Oct 30 2020 // The former president and chancellor of Liberty University (LU), Jerry Falwell Jr., is suing the school for reputational damage following his August resignation, according to a complaint filed in the Commonwealth of...

Stress Testing Shows Most Insurers to Withstand Pandemic Hit

Jun 1 2020 // Analysts at the AM Best ratings firm say their initial stress tests of insurance companies globally to gauge the preliminary impact from the COVID-19 pandemic on their financial strength found good news: “most...

AM Best’s Stress Testing Indicates Most Insurers Can Withstand Pandemic Hit

May 18 2020 // Analysts at the AM Best ratings firm say their initial stress tests of insurance companies globally to gauge the preliminary impact from the COVID-19 pandemic on their financial strength found good news: “most...

Insurers Must Re-Think Pandemic Response or Risk Reputational Damage: UK’s Airmic

May 12 2020 // Airmic, the UK association for risk and insurance professionals, has urged the insurance market to adopt a more responsible and business sensitive position on the COVID-19 pandemic or risk long-term damage to trust and...

Beazley-Led Consortium to Offer Corporate C-Suite Reputational Risk Coverage

Apr 29 2019 // Specialist Lloyd’s insurer Beazley is partnering with other Lloyd’s insurers to offer reputational risk coverage targeted towards C-suite exposures.The Beazley Custodian Consortium at Lloyd’s provides...

Allianz Offers Reputational Protection in UK to Replace Lost Profits in a Crisis

Mar 1 2019 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has launched Reputation Protect Plus in the UK to help companies protect their reputations – their most valuable assets – in times of crisis.Providing “tangible...

Reputational Damage from Fake News & Cyber Attacks Raise UK Business Risk: Report

Apr 10 2018 // Fake news threatens U.K. businesses with reputational damage as well as falling sales and share prices, adding to the growing risk from cyber attacks facing companies from local Indian restaurants to...

Technology, Regulation Prove Double-Edged Swords in Product Recall Risk

Dec 6 2017 // Exploding Samsung phones, error-prone Takata airbags, faulty GM vehicle ignition switches, failing Johnson & Johnson hip implants — multi-billion dollar product recalls have become more common over the past...

Cyber, Reputation Risks Top List of CEO, Risk Manager Concerns: Marsh Survey

Oct 8 2015 // Cyber and IT-related risks top the list of what keeps CEOs and risk managers awake at night, according to the 2015 International Business Resiliency Survey, conducted by Marsh and Disaster Recovery Institute International...

Hacked Adulterers’ Website Faces Reputation Risk; 36M Users Fear Being Outed

Aug 19 2015 // Hackers claiming to have stolen data from AshleyMadison.com, a website that facilitates hook-ups between would-be adulterers, have released information they say includes details of more than 36 million user accounts.The...

Number of Food Recalls and Their Costs Are Increasing: Swiss Re Report

Jul 15 2015 // “Food manufacturers operate in a vast, globalized supply chain, where one mislabeled product or contaminated ingredient can cause sickness, death, multi-million dollar losses and massive reputational damage for the...

South Carolina School’s Post-Game Ritual Prompts Reputational Damage Claim

Nov 26 2014 // The parents of three Charleston, S.C. football players have filed a lawsuit claiming characterizations of the team’s controversial post-game watermelon ritual damaged their sons’ reputations. The Post and...

Ace Launches Image Protect for the Middle East, North Africa

Sep 29 2014 // Ace Group has launched Image Protect, a product designed to help companies across the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA) effectively manage their reputational risks.The move stems from the results of a recent...

ACE Study: Reputation the Hardest Risk to Manage

Jul 23 2013 // Ninety-two percent of companies believe that reputational risk is the most challenging category of risk to manage, according to a major new study from ACE Group conducted across 15 countries within its EMEA (Europe, Middle...

Man-Made Disasters

Jul 1 2013 // Disasters strike in many forms. Insured disasters often arrive in the wake of natural catastrophes – floods, earthquakes, drought, tornadoes and hurricanes. But disasters are also man-made as in the terrible tragedy that...

Marsh Cites ‘Lessons Learned’ from Bangladesh Factory Collapse

Jun 25 2013 // A report from Marsh on the recent Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh that killed more than 1,100 people cites the “serious risks that labor conditions can pose not only to workers, but also to...

Top 10 Hot New Markets

Mar 25 2013 // Insurance Journal examined industries experiencing changes and expansions during the past year. Here are the top 10 market sectors that just might deliver hot opportunities for agents and brokers in the property/casualty...

ACE USA’s Excess Casualty Unit Expands Catastrophe Management Coverage

Oct 15 2012 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operations of the ACE Group, has expanded its catastrophe management insurance products with the introduction of the ACE Cat Management 2.5 endorsement by its ACE Excess Casualty Unit. This...

LinkedIn Risks Reputation Damage Over Password Leaks, Silence

Jun 11 2012 // LinkedIn Corp.’s silence on the extent of a security breach that exposed millions of user passwords has damaged its reputation among some business professionals, and may slow the growing company’s rise if the...

Regulation, Reputational Risk Top Concerns of Risk Managers: Lloyd’s

Apr 30 2012 // A heightened focus on insurance regulation as well as exposures related to reputational risk are top concerns for insurance executives today, reports a new survey.Nearly a third of executives responding to a survey...