"Even as we focus on preventing and deterring malicious cyber activity, we must also maintain resilience as events occur.… By applying lessons learned from past incidents we can improve management of future cyber incidents and enhance the country’s cyber-resilience."

Cyber threats pose a nearly immeasurable risk to an industry based on stored private information. Dark Overlord is the name of an individual or group behind what may be a massive cyberattack on insurance companies.

The city of Los Angeles is suing International Business Machines Corp.’s Weather Channel unit, accusing the company of misleading consumers about how their location data was being used.

As we enter the final year of this decade, the list of concerns that will keep risk managers up at night continues to grow.

In 2018, insurtech investment and interest from insurers in technology solutions appeared to keep up with trends seen in previous years, though not all segments of the insurance industry have seen equal enthusiasm for value propositions that aim to improve business processes.

A recent California court decision highlights the fact that many policyholders who use drones may be unaware they do not have liability coverage for their use under their commercial general liability policies.

Like many local wildfire victims, Larry Spanier would like to rebuild his home in the Fountaingrove neighborhood that was burned to the ground in the October 2017 blaze.

Have you ever heard yourself saying those words? “Why bother speaking up? It won’t do any good.” Or, “I’ve tried speaking up in the past, and no one cared.” Or, “Speaking up isn’t valued around here. I’ll just keep my head down and do my job.”

European insurance companies are boosting their investments in green energy at the same time that they’re letting go of certain carbon intensive businesses. This move is being made for the purpose of doing their part to cut back on risks associated with climate change.

The risks associated with disasters extend far beyond the initial destruction. For insurers, disaster damage assessment and claims processing can pose both significant financial risk as well as introduce personal risks for claims inspection teams.

With limited exceptions, state and federal workers compensation programs are no-fault systems. Regardless of how reckless or ill-conceived an employee’s actions are, they are generally still going to be entitled to recovery through workers compensation under most circumstances.

Property/casualty claims is destined to transform more than any other area of the insurance business over the next decade. Many may see that as a provocative statement, especially with all the attention on distribution and underwriting.

How do you manage employees when they are all remote? I agree with an inspirational business leader, Marcus Lemonis. There are three things that make your company successful.

When we say marketing 3.0, industry 4.0 and technology 5.0, we all get used to cool names ending with zero. I think no one is surprised that insurers fell a little bit behind.

“It is my view that this court could, and should, when such an ambiguous policy is before it, hold without equivocation that the provisions which are confusing and ambiguous as to the liability covered will be resolved in favor of the insured."