We wake up every day to a pattern of record ransoms being paid as well as record increases in cyber-insurance cost. The Bloomington School District in Illinois published its cyber-insurance renewal costs and reported a whopping 334% increase in premiums.

Thanks to high-profile hacks with visible, real-world consequences like the Colonial Pipeline hack, 2021 will be remembered by many as the year cybercrime prevention started to actually matter.

Earlier this month, pharma-giant Merck won a $1.4 billion lawsuit over insurance companies’ duty to pay for the damages stemming from the 2017 NotPetya cyberattack.

Cyber war is at our digital doorsteps—and if some observers are to be believed, has crossed the threshold and entered our daily existence. While it’s certainly true that nation-states across the world now approach cyberspace as another operational domain, what actually constitutes a declaration of war in this dimension is the subject of heated debate.

All insurance professionals have heard of "acts of God" relative to insurance. But what does this phrase mean, and what implications are there for builders risk insurance?

According to a new report from Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I), social inflation has increased claim payouts for commercial auto insurance liability in the US alone by over $20 billion between 2010 and 2019.

Oklahoma City firefighters battled a large commercial fire at NW 63 and Western Tuesday night and into Wednesday. OKCFD Chief Benny Fulkerson said the structure was a large under-construction apartment complex.

Merck & Co.‘s victory in a legal dispute with insurers over coverage for $1.4 billion in losses from malware known as NotPetya is expected to force insurance policies to more clearly confront responsibility for the fallout from nation-state cyberattacks.

The risk of theft from storage facilities has increased over the last few months in the United States, according to a report from freight insurance company TT Club and business improvement and standards firm BSI.

A section of the Union Pacific train tracks in downtown Los Angeles has been littered with thousands of shredded boxes, packages stolen from cargo containers that stop in the area to unload.

Harris County Fire Marshal’s officials are investigating an overnight fire at the ExxonMobil’s Baytown refinery that left four people injured.

The insurer of the tractor-trailer truck whose driver, according to state police, caused a 59-vehicle pileup on Interstate 80 in December 2019 wants all claims from the crash resolved in federal court.

The cyber landscape has undergone a dramatic transformation since the onset of the pandemic. Industries large and small are caught in the crosshairs of increasingly sophisticated attacks. Continued work from home has only increased what’s at stake for all businesses.

The aftermath of a motor carrier accident can be a harrowing experience. It is common knowledge that photos; witness statements; alcohol and drug testing; electronic logs; and electronic control module (ECM) data must be collected and preserved amid this chaotic scene.

In his 2015 stand-up special The Comeback Kid, stand-up comedian John Mulaney joked that the government had ‘[become] like cool parents’ when it came to marijuana. It’s a claim many an onlooker would agree with.