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Create a ‘win-win’ scenario for security teams and cyber insurers

The reality of today’s threat landscape, compounded by increasing ransomware attacks, has created a challenging situation for enterprises and the cyber insurance companies that protect them.Over the last few years, as claims have outpaced forecasts and policies became unprofitable, cyber insurance providers raised...

Liberty Mutual Pollution Insurance Suit Sent Back to Lower Court

Two Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. units failed to convince the Fifth Circuit that the insurer has no duty to pay for a car auction company’s pollution settlement, though the appeals court relieved the carrier from having to cover the policyholder’s legal defense costs.“In...

Why are America’s insurance commissioners trying to import harmful European rules?

With high prices and the threat of recession looming over America’s economy, another threat is emerging. Influential policymakers overseeing the U.S. insurance industry are on the verge...

UHS said it is terminating contracts with insurers that don’t pay enough

Universal Health Services Inc., the largest operator of behavioral health hospitals in the nation, said that tight labor suppliers have been allowing the King of Prussia company to focus on patients with better-paying insurance.“We’ve been going to our lowest payers and either demanding...

How PMFBY Ensured Windfall Gains Of 350% For Insurance Companies

Nirmal Prajapat from Churu, Rajasthan, claims that farmers like him face an uphill task when claiming the amount payable to them under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY). In most cases, he says, they are forced to resort to protest demonstrations to...

Reliance General Insurance gets Rs 200 cr capital infusion from parent

Reliance General Insurance raises Rs 200 cr capitalInfusion has been done following the lenders of Reliance Capital giving approval for the capital support to improve the solvency margin of the general insurance arm.PTI, New...