Loss Control

The Heartland Institute and its insurance-centric Washington unit are negotiating a divorce, a process said to be accelerated by distress over the institutes now-suspended ad campaign linking support for global warming with serial killers.

Prompted by a lobbying group that supports efforts to reduce global warming, three insurance companies and the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers have publicly renounced their support for the Heartland Institute, a libertarian research group.

Swiss Re says it has secured $400 million in natural-catastrophe coverage through a catastrophe bond issued by Mythen Ltd.

Use KRIs to portend future trends, losses, and market opportunities for your company.

LexisNexis Risk Solutions announces the migration of its insurance technology solutions to the LexisNexis big data processing platform known as HPCC Systems. LexisNexis is leveraging the platform to help insurers assign premium more accurately, better understand their customers and risk throughout the policy lifecycle, and drive a more profitable book...

Kidnap, Ransom and Extortion insurance coverage is much more than the name implies. The coverage has become broadone shaped by competition and a growing need as we become a more globalized, high-tech society within many areas of political or economic strife.