Crawford Executive Named Woman Of The Year At Global Business Awards
Crawford & Company, the world’s largest publicly listed independent provider of claims management and outsourcing services to carriers, brokers and corporations, has announced that Marie Velez, vice president of finance at Crawford & Company in Latin America, has been named Woman of the Year at the Stevie International Business Awards.
September 24, 2021
Auto
Catastrophe
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Property
Liberty GTS Releases M&A Claims Report
Liberty Global Transaction Solutions (GTS), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance, has released its 2021 M&A claims briefing, based on the company’s analysis of its own M&A insurance claims for the past decade.
September 17, 2021
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Three Things To Know About Cryptocurrency And Ransomware
As cyberattacks, namely ransomware, increase nationwide, there’s one reason for the rise in attacks that we cannot ignore: The growing prevalence of cryptocurrency.
September 17, 2021
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U.S. Probing Hundreds Of Gulf Oil Spill Reports After Hurricane Ida
The U.S. Coast Guard said on Monday it was investigating nearly 350 reports of oil spills in and along the U.S. Gulf of Mexico in the wake of Hurricane Ida.
September 7, 2021
Catastrophe
Excess & Surplus Lines
Louisiana
Detective Sues Sig Sauer After Holstered Handgun Discharges, Shoots Her
Det. Brittney Hilton had no idea she had just been shot. All she said she felt at first was an incredible amount of pain, and a ‘very sick feeling.’
August 26, 2021
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Liability
Litigation
T-Mobile Confirms Data Breach Affects Over 47M Customers
As part of its ongoing data breach investigation, T-Mobile has confirmed the enormity of the stolen information. Roughly 47.8 million current and former or prospective customers have been affected by the cyberattack on its systems, the carrier confirmed on Wednesday.
August 18, 2021
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57 Injured In New York Tour Bus Rollover Accident
Saturday afternoon’s tour bus crash on the New York State Thruway prompted a regional emergency response from Central New York hospitals, medical officials said Sunday.
August 16, 2021
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Workers' Compensation
New York
Second Colonial Pipeline Class Action Filed on Behalf of Thousands of Gas Stations
CPW covered the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack earlier this year, in which a ransomware attack carried out by cybercriminals crippled the Colonial Pipeline’s functionality.
August 12, 2021
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Litigation
Georgia
Northern California Utility’s Link to Raging Dixie Fire
Pacific Gas & Electric — the Northern California utility responsible for the some of the state’s most devastating wildfires over the past four years — has said its equipment may also be responsible for the still-raging Dixie Fire, which is now the second-biggest wildfire in the history of the state.
August 12, 2021
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
California
Pilot, Five Passengers Killed in Alaska Sightseeing Plane Crash
A sightseeing plane crashed Thursday in southeast Alaska, killing all six people on board, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
August 6, 2021
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Workers' Compensation
Alaska
McLarens Acquires Canadian Loss Adjuster MGB Claims
Insurance services provider McLarens is set to acquire MGB Claims, a complex commercial claims adjusting firm based in Canada.
August 4, 2021
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Liability
Property
Rise in Lawsuits Highlights Range of Exposures Financial Sector Faces
Litigation on a range of environmental, social and governance issues, such as climate change, pollution, diversity and CEO pay, is on the rise, putting pressure on companies to proactively manage ESG risks.
July 19, 2021
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Liability
Litigation
In Crosshairs Of Ransomware Crooks, Cyber Insurers Struggle
In the past few weeks, ransomware criminals claimed as trophies at least three North American insurance brokerages that offer policies to help others survive the very network-paralyzing, data-pilfering extortion attacks they themselves apparently suffered.
July 8, 2021
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Hackers Demand $70M Ransomware Payment From Software Provider
Businesses and governments around the world are scrambling to understand yet another major ransomware attack that hit over the weekend, which could potentially cost tens of millions of dollars and affect more than 1,000 other companies.
July 7, 2021
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NTSB Searches for Downed Boeing Cargo Plane Off Hawaii
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said it would scan the ocean floor on Monday to locate a Boeing 737-200 cargo plane that sank off Hawaii last week after the two-member crew made an emergency water landing.
July 6, 2021
Excess & Surplus Lines
Salvage
Hawaii
