Professional liability, health care and casualty are the three primary underwriting focuses of Bowhead Specialty, founded by serial insurance entrepreneur Stephen Sills.

Technology errors and omissions, product liability and false arrest are just a few of the risks posed by biometric technology.

Cyber coverage specificity is lacking. Brokers, insureds and carriers face a mandate to communicate clearly and craft appropriate coverage.

Mosaic launches a transactional liability underwriting team in the U.S., IGI announces European subsidiary and Towerstone acquires PLUS, Inc.

In May, London-based CFC Underwriting announced that it had named James Burns as head of cyber. Mr. Burns now heads a team of more than 50 underwriters who are devoted to underwriting cyber risk for large corporate clients and SMEs.

If a Thai restaurant in a rural village in England requires 12 or more cameras to monitor guests, what sort of culture are we building anyway?

Perhaps not surprisingly, trusts and estate law are where malpractice claims seen to becoming more painful. It’s too soon to say how much of an impact on claims costs the pandemic will have.

Allied World’s Joyce Duarte talks to Risk & Insurance about opportunity within professional lines management and what risks are proving difficult for underwriters. 

Nonprofit management liability veteran Keith Freid talks to Risk & Insurance about trends in underwriting the sector.

When professional services firms are sued by clients, the likelihood of an insurance claim increases when the client suffers a significant loss. Now’s the time to get a grip on the claims landscape and prepare risk management tools to assess and address exposures.

Relationships between carriers and brokers are the foundation of the insurance industry. Here’s how to strengthen your partnerships.

Soaring losses have underwriters raising rates while backers insist on greater coverage. Developers are caught in the middle. 

Social inflation caused by a rise in lawsuits brought against businesses and disproportionate nuclear jury verdicts have forced insurers to stump up multi-million dollar settlements.

The five trends detailed in the report are more regulatory clarity, increased adoption, growth of decentralized finance, surge in Bitcoin value, and more corporate transactions.

No pandemic can stop an underwriter from getting the job done. We celebrate many in the insurance industry this year as we continue to push through such a difficult time, all while aiming for success.

After a damaging winter storm in 2011, officials in Texas received recommendations on weatherizing the state’s grid. Those recommendations were not followed, and in 2021, Texans paid a big price.

A lot goes in to creating a successful risk engineering practice. Experts from Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance delve into how they’ve done just that.

Shortly after the New Year, Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase announced their joint venture, Haven Health, would be shutting its doors.  Haven’s goal was to make health care cost and delivery more transparent and economical for employers and employees alike.

Insurers pay when wildfires rage and hurricanes thunder in from our oceans. The drive is on for the industry to reduce its support for the fossil fuel use that contributes to climate change.

Insurers need to be ready to handle the growing exposures insureds face when shifting suppliers in the midst of global disruption