E&S/Specialty

For European insurers frustrated that "cyber crime" policies have so far failed to find a ready market among sceptical companies, hope may be at hand.

Businesses are fighting hard to withstand the effects of natural and man-made disasters and the significant disruptions both can have on supply chains, and while attempts to model the risks has run into some obstacles, a solution may be near.

A Guy Carpenter survey says specialty-lines carriers believe maintaining rate levels and new business production pose the biggest challenges for the insurers over the next year.

A battle is shaping up between insurers, truckers and plaintiffs lawyers over a dog that has been sleeping for a long whileminimum insurance requirements for cargo trucks.

Insurance broker Brown & Brown says its E&S professional liability products will now be marketed and sold under the ECC Insurance Brokers Inc. brand.

Leading legal malpractice insurers experienced a deluge of claims in 2012, including those in excess of $50 million, made up of complex lawsuits that originated during the economic recession of 2007 to 2009.