Record-setting winter weather in the U.S. has led to lots of road condition advisories, but could there also be a slip and fall alert? By analyzing various conditions – like snow, wind speed, temperature – into a ‘Slipperiness Score,’ a …
Continued growth and regional expansion is creating more opportunities for XL Group’s North America property team, including promotions for Michele Sansone to chief underwriting officer and Wade Pitman to the newly created role of head of general property. Both report …
Specialist lines underwriting agency and Lloyd’s MGA, CFC, announced that Nick Woodward has joined the business from HCC International to take up the brand new role of claims & products director. A claims professional and solicitor, Woodward has a proven …
Lloyd’s launched a new shared service, Volume Claims Service (VCS), part of its overarching Claims Transformation Programme. VCS is a fast and fair claims handling service which offers the market an enhanced cost efficient claims experience for handling non-complex claims. …
Meteorologists in the Midwest took to social media on Friday to quell rumors that a winter storm expected to move into the region next week could dump up to 30 inches of snow in some areas. The National Weather Service’s …
There’s been no real reduction in the number of U.S. school shootings despite increased security put in place after the rampage at a Connecticut elementary school in December 2012 left 20 children and six educators dead. An Associated Press analysis …
A private flood insurer has stepped into Connecticut’s market, the first time homeowners along the shoreline battered by Superstorm Sandy have an alternative to increasingly costly federal insurance. The Flood Insurance Agency of Gainesville, Fla., is writing flood insurance policies …
The structural columns in the basement of the 1925 Miami-Dade County Courthouse are being evaluated after an inspection showed evidence of “significant” deterioration. The Miami Herald reports results of the tests will be ready by late February. Miriam Singer, the …
Legislation that passed the state Senate on Thursday would restrict online retailers in the amount and type of personal information they could collect and would require them to dispose of it once it is no longer needed to guard against …
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago and a lawyer for an alleged sexual abuse victim of a former priest announced Thursday that they have reached a $3.2 million settlement. The lawsuit by the plaintiff, who hasn’t been identified, accused the …