Risk Strategies Claims Ex-Employees’ Talent and Customer Raid Has Cost It $900K April 8, 2026 By Andrew G. Simpson Boston-based specialty insurance broker Risk Strategies Co. is suing two former employees and their new employer for allegedly stealing customers...
Chubb CEO Greenberg: Some Financial Lines Underwriting Practices ‘Simply Dumb’ April 25, 2024 By Chad Hemenway According to Chubb CEO Evan G. Greenberg, the insurance industry’s underwriting practices for a number of financial lines are “simply...
Embroker: Business Insurance Shoppers Concerned With Startup Leadership Post-SVB April 25, 2023 Following the closure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), VC-backed startups were increasingly looking for stronger protection in case their assets...
AI Algorithms, Strict Place-of-Work Rules Potential Trouble Spots for Employment Claims November 15, 2022 By Jim Sams SAN DIEGO — Technological innovations and changing work arrangements brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic are among some of the...
3 Keys to Avoiding Employment Practices Issues Related to COVID February 8, 2022 By Patrick Wraight Last week, the Academy of Insurance hosted a class on the EPLI (Employment Practices Liability Insurance) implications of employers’ policies...
COVID-19 Experiences Show Need for Employment Practices Insurance April 21, 2021 By Patrick Wraight As soon as the first community was shut down to slow the spread of the coronavirus or the first announcement...
Employers Facing Wave of Lawsuits by Parents Fired During Pandemic November 12, 2020 By David Yaffe-Bellany Parents who’ve lost their jobs during the pandemic are driving a surge of litigation, alleging their employers discriminated against them...
Employers Warned of Potential Wage-and-Hour Claims Under New Overtime Rule December 29, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Time is running out for employers to familiarize themselves with new federal rules on overtime pay. Starting January 1, the...
It’s Not Easy Getting Insurers to Defend in Sexual Harassment Cases December 24, 2019 By Jim Sams While Harvey Weinstein’s insurers have reportedly agreed to pay $47 million to settle civil suits against the movie producer, most...
McDonald’s Will Pay $26 Million to Settle California Wage, Overtime, Break Claims November 26, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel McDonald’s Corp. agreed to pay $26 million to settle a nearly seven-year-old lawsuit accusing the fast food chain of underpaying...