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7 12, 2015

Expanding E. Coli Outbreak Prompts Warning of Sales Slide from Chipotle

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Chipotle said Friday that an outbreak of E. coli linked to its restaurants sent sales plummeting by as much as 22 percent in recent weeks and that it could no longer reasonably estimate sales for next year. The Denver-based chain …

8 12, 2015

Swiss Re Confirms ‘Four Pillar’ Strategic Framework for Continued Growth

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Swiss Re, at its annual Investors’ Day Conference, unveiled its strategic framework to “position the company strongly vis-à-vis current and future opportunities and challenges facing the re/insurance industry.” The world’s second largest reinsurer said it would stress “systematic and fast …

7 12, 2015

Utah Judge Tosses Suit Against School in Teacher Sex Case

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A Utah judge tossed out a lawsuit claiming a school district didn’t do enough to protect students from a female teacher who sexually abused three male students. Judge John Morris said he was ruling in line with a Utah law …

8 12, 2015

PwC UK Raises Desmond Insured Loss Estimates: $375 to $487.5 Million

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Commenting on the impact of Storm Desmond, Mohammad Khan, general insurance leader at PwC UK, stated that the accounting firm’s “current estimate of the damage caused by Storm Desmond is £400 million – £500 million [$600 – $750.2 million] with …

7 12, 2015

Ironshore International Announces Continental Europe Markets Expansion Strategy

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Bermuda-based Ironshore International has announced an expansion strategy to establish a locally-driven presence in selected Continental European markets. As part of the initiative, “Ironshore Agency Limited is opening a Continental European Hub branch office in Cologne, Germany with additional Agency …

8 12, 2015

Cyber Insurance Underwriting Moves from ‘Toddler’ to ‘Teen’ As Insurers Learn from Claims

By | December 8th, 2015|Recent Articles|Comments Off on Cyber Insurance Underwriting Moves from ‘Toddler’ to ‘Teen’ As Insurers Learn from Claims

Given the fact that the insurance industry paid out more than $400 million in highly publicized cyber liability insurance claims in 2014 alone, one might think that insurers would be shying away from the line. But one would be wrong, …

7 12, 2015

Health Insurers to Rebate More Than $2M to Delaware Consumers

By | December 7th, 2015|Recent Articles|Comments Off on Health Insurers to Rebate More Than $2M to Delaware Consumers

Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart announced that insurers will issue more than $2 million in rebates to 14,399 health insurance policyholders in Delaware as a result of the Affordable Care Act’s 80/20 medical loss ratio rule. The rule requires …

8 12, 2015

Softening of P/C Commercial Markets, Including D&O, to Continue: Fitch

By | December 8th, 2015|Recent Articles|Comments Off on Softening of P/C Commercial Markets, Including D&O, to Continue: Fitch

U.S. commercial insurance market segments, including directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance, are continuing to soften and are likely to stay on this path for the near-term even as several large competitors merge, Fitch Ratings says. Premium rates in property …

4 12, 2015

Number of Traffic Deaths in Minnesota Up from Last Year

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Traffic deaths in Minnesota in 2015 have surpassed last year’s totals. With a month left to go in the year, preliminary numbers from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s Office of Traffic Safety show 365 people have died so far …

4 12, 2015

Judge Says Kinder Morgan Owes Investors Damages for El Paso Pipeline Deal

By | December 4th, 2015|Recent Articles|Comments Off on Judge Says Kinder Morgan Owes Investors Damages for El Paso Pipeline Deal

Energy pipeline operator Kinder Morgan Inc. is on the hook for the bulk of $171 million in damages owed to investors in an affiliate of El Paso Corp., which Kinder Morgan acquired in 2014, a Delaware judge ruled on Wednesday. …