August is National Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month. While you’re likely focused on back-to-school shopping and planning, this is a reminder to schedule your annual eye exams as well. Eye exams are especially important at a young age, since…
- 3 hours ago, 17 Aug 17, 3:46pm -

Have you ever felt intimidated by health care and health insurance terms? If so, you’re not alone. Studies show that only about one in 10 people in the U.S. have a proficient level of health literacy. However, understanding health terms can save yo…
- 8 days ago, 9 Aug 17, 10:55am -

PPO, HMO, POS, EPO… SOS! Understanding health insurance terminology, abbreviations, and deadlines can be overwhelming when trying to choose a health insurance plan. Understanding the details, however, can save you time, money, and stress. Below, we…
- 10 days ago, 7 Aug 17, 11:17am -

Are you planning a big trip in the near future? Before you get preoccupied booking hotels, Airbnb’s, airfare and sight-seeing activities, it may be worth your time to look into your travel insurance options as well. Whether you’re going across th…
- 23 days ago, 25 Jul 17, 1:43pm -

by Elyse Janikian Whether you’re staying local, or going cross country for a getaway, travel often has a way of bringing your health and fitness streak to a halt. The purpose for travel is to escape everyday life, whether that is lounging in your h…
- 30 days ago, 18 Jul 17, 11:23am -

Summer is arguably the best of the four seasons: warmer weather, longer days, and shorter work hours (if you’re lucky) make for more time outside and in the sun. Whether you’re at the pool, the beach, or going for a run in the sun, it’s importa…
- 37 days ago, 11 Jul 17, 9:49am -

With trendy diets and cleanses widely available and advertised online, a healthy diet with lasting results can be hard to find. Diets that promise extreme weight loss or cleanses that promote great skin rarely produce lasting results. In fact, drasti…
- 51 days ago, 27 Jun 17, 10:36am -

Accidents happen. Even if you are a healthy, young individual who rarely goes to the doctor, you can’t predict the unpredictable. You can however, make sure you are covered in the event of an accident or unexpected illness. Paying for coverage now…
- 56 days ago, 22 Jun 17, 10:30am -

by Brooke Jarchow Freelancing might seem like a dream: setting your own hours, choosing your own projects and working from home. Who wouldn’t want to be their own boss? However, a major advantage to working in a salaried position is having access t…
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- 92 days ago, 17 May 17, 5:05pm -

German insurance giant Allianz has agreed to create a joint venture (JV) with UK rival Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society (LV=) to create a personal insurer in Britain.
- 10 days ago, 7 Aug 17, 8:37am -

The Travelers Companies closed the previously announced acquisition of Simply Business, a provider of small business insurance policies in the UK.
- 11 days ago, 6 Aug 17, 7:00pm -

Aviva has signed a ten-year distribution agreement in the UK with HSBC, to offer a range of general insurance products in the country.
- 13 days ago, 4 Aug 17, 8:05am -

Genpact has acquired OnSource, a provider of an Inspection-as-a-Service (IaaS) product for property and casualty (P&C) insurance carriers and their customers.
- 16 days ago, 1 Aug 17, 7:00pm -

Nexus Group, a specialty Managing General Agent (MGA), has acquired Lloyd’s coverholder Equinox Global and all its group companies for an undisclosed price.
- 31 days ago, 18 Jul 17, 2:45am -

Alliant Insurance Services has acquired New Jersey-based Boynton & Boynton Insurance Professionals to expand its footprint within the Northeast Region.
- 35 days ago, 13 Jul 17, 9:24am -

Canadian investment and insurance giant Fairfax Financial has completed $4.9bn acquisition of Swiss insurer Allied World Assurance.
- 42 days ago, 7 Jul 17, 3:19am -

Arch Capital Group has closed its previously announced acquisition of AIG United Guaranty Insurance (Asia) from American International Group (AIG).
- 42 days ago, 6 Jul 17, 7:00pm -

Chaucer, which is The Hanover Insurance Group's international specialty insurance group, has acquired Sydney-based Lloyd's managing general underwriting agency (MGA), SLE Holdings.
- 44 days ago, 5 Jul 17, 2:38am -

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, through its subsidiary Columbia Insurance, has agreed to invest about C$400m ($302.8m) for a 38.39% stake in Home Capital Group.
- 56 days ago, 23 Jun 17, 3:25am -

The insurance community has at least two reasons to be interested in a new report on middle market companies, particularly those who are doing business in California. According to a report released this week from American Express and Dun & …
- 1 hour ago, 17 Aug 17, 5:56pm -

Written premiums from workers’ compensation insurers in California for the year are expected to be flat at $18.1 billion compared with 2016 thanks largely to rate decreases, according to analysts with the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bu…
- 3 hours ago, 17 Aug 17, 3:44pm -

Southern Minnesota residents are on edge after another quarry blast from a nearby mining operation sent a barrage of rocks through a neighborhood. A blast at Jefferson Quarry sent chunks of limestone — some as large as bowling balls — …
- 6 hours ago, 17 Aug 17, 12:52pm -

Texas insurance experts and meteorologists will be touring the Texas coast to inform the public about hurricane awareness and new legislation aimed at mitigating storm damage and related insurance costs. The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) will lead…
- 7 hours ago, 17 Aug 17, 12:26pm -

A van plowed into pedestrians on Barcelona’s most iconic avenue at the height of the tourist season in a terrorist attack that left 13 people dead and echoed similar incidents in other European cities. Catalonia’s regional government said 50 peop…
- 7 hours ago, 17 Aug 17, 12:20pm -

To help prevent fatal crashes more than 600 miles of cable barriers will be installed in highway medians across Louisiana through state and federal funding totaling more than $100 million. KTBS-TV reports crews will begin installing the barriers for…
- 7 hours ago, 17 Aug 17, 12:17pm -

Ford Motor Co. has agreed to pay up to $10.125 million to settle an investigation by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over alleged sex and race harassment at two Ford plants, the federal agency announced. In its investigation,…
- 7 hours ago, 17 Aug 17, 12:14pm -

The first woman to sue Waco, Texas-based Baylor University over allegations the nation’s largest Baptist school ignored or mishandled rape allegations has settled her case, her attorney said. Jasmin Hernandez sued Baylor in early 2016, two months b…
- 7 hours ago, 17 Aug 17, 12:08pm -

Managing general agency and surplus lines broker, J.M. Wilson, has added Mitchell Bailey as assistant transportation underwriter in its Portage, Michigan, office. Bailey is responsible for quoting new and renewal transportation accounts, setting up a…
- 7 hours ago, 17 Aug 17, 12:02pm -

The June cyber attack that paralyzed the computer systems in companies around the world is estimated to have cost the world’s biggest container shipping line between $200 million and $300 million, A.P. Moller-Maersk said Wednesday. The Copenhagen-b…
- 7 hours ago, 17 Aug 17, 11:55am -

The National Law Review reports that two states – Connecticut and Rhode Island – have updated their data breach laws to require a more stringent breach response. Both include changes to specify a set time period to notify affected parties:The R…
- 6 Aug 15, 9:48am -

A recent Acunetix study of over 15,000 websites and 5,500 companies unveiled startling numbers. Network scans performed on over 1.9 million files revealed that…Almost four in five web applications were affected by "medium security" vulnerability…
- 4 Aug 15, 10:04am -

A recent IT Portal article debunks common cloud security myths, pointing out that users (and your clients) often have an outdated understanding of the risks they face. Top misconceptions included…There are more breaches in the cloud.Cloud securi…
- 30 Jul 15, 9:41am -

A funny thing happened after hacker collective Rex Mundi stole 24,000 records from Belgian loan company AFC Kredieten. The hacking group explained what they look for in a data breach victim. As The Register details, the hackers posted on their site t…
- 28 Jul 15, 9:56am -

Entrepreneur Magazine recently offered some answers to small-business owners who had questions about their Cyber Liability Insurance, explaining that, yes, all businesses – even small businesses – should consider this coverage.Cyber Liability I…
- 23 Jul 15, 10:18am -

Support for Windows Server 2003 is set to expire on July 14, 2015. Now is the time for IT professionals to remember they can be liable if their clients are using old, outdated technology that is vulnerable to security risks.As TechRepublic reports,…
- 21 Jul 15, 9:48am -

Many IT businesses choose to hire independent contractors and subcontractors rather than employees because it means less hassle and no responsibility to pay employment taxes and benefits like Workers' Compensation Insurance. But as their business gro…
- 16 Jul 15, 9:57am -

Threatpost reports that Pinterest – the popular pin board social media site – released information about an old vulnerability that it fixed months ago. The flaw would have exposed user account information, but Pinterest's staff was able to patch…
- 14 Jul 15, 10:24am -

We've been hearing so much about the "new" economy where companies use freelancers and independent contractors to build a flexible workforce. But as the New York Times reports, some tech companies and startups are opting for a more traditional approa…
- 9 Jul 15, 10:00am -

When a company goes through a public relations disaster like a data breach, it often gets the word "embattled" next to its name in newspaper headlines. Case in point: after its embarrassing breaches, the Office of Personnel Management has been in "em…
- 7 Jul 15, 9:54am -

As courts have wrestled with standing issues in a variety of kinds of cases, the central question has been whether or not under the standard the U.S. Supreme Court enunciated in the Spokeo case the plaintiff alleged an injury that is sufficiently “…
- 1 day ago, 16 Aug 17, 6:29pm -

In the wake of President Donald Trump’s June 1, 2017 announcement that the United States will withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord, one of the things I predicted was that the administration’s action likely would trigger a host of reactions on t…
- 2 days ago, 15 Aug 17, 8:16pm -

What factors might indicate a likelihood of financial misreporting? There might be markers in companies’ financial statements, for example, with respect to reserving practices or practices with respect to other estimated items. There may be more ge…
- 3 days ago, 14 Aug 17, 6:23pm -

Seventeen years ago this month, the SEC instituted Rule 10b5-1 to permit company insiders – who often hold a significant portion of their wealth in company stock – to sell their shares without incurring liability under the federal securities laws…
- 4 days ago, 13 Aug 17, 5:46pm -

Over the last several days, I have published several posts discussing important insurance developments relating to social engineering fraud, sometimes called payment instruction fraud. In the following guest post, Peter S. Selvin of the TroyGould PC…
- 7 days ago, 10 Aug 17, 7:00pm -

As many readers are aware, there have been a number of recent case decisions addressing insurance coverage issues arising out of social engineering fraud, sometimes known as payment instruction fraud. The recent round of judicial decisions includes a…
- 8 days ago, 9 Aug 17, 8:00pm -

One of the fundamental principles on which our system of securities regulation is based is the importance of disclosure. The system is built on the notion that companies must disclose certain basic information about their operations and performance s…
- 10 days ago, 7 Aug 17, 6:24pm -

In the latest decision in which class action consumer data breach claimants have been successful in establishing the requisite standing to pursue their claims, on August 1, 2017, the D.C. Circuit held that the claimants’ risk of future harm is suff…
- 11 days ago, 6 Aug 17, 6:18pm -

Much has been written about the explosive growth in merger objection litigation in recent years. A less common but increasingly frequent type of merger-related litigation is appraisal rights litigation. In these types of lawsuits an investor exercise…
- 14 days ago, 3 Aug 17, 8:29pm -

Just days after a Southern District of New York judge ruled in the Medidata Solutions decision that the Computer Fraud section of a commercial crime policy covered losses from social engineering fraud  (as I discussed in a post last week), a judge i…
- 15 days ago, 2 Aug 17, 6:53pm -