Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360

• An Underrated Supply-Chain Concern: Cyber Events

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360  |  May 8, 2013

  Two-thirds of cyber events are the fault of third-party businesses that outsource services for the victim, showing that business interruption no longer solely concerns physical assets susceptible to natural catastrophes and other disasters.

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  Fireman’s Fund Highlights Historical Risks to Celebrate 150th Anniversary

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360  |  May 7, 2013

  Fireman’s Fund is marking its 150th anniversary with a traveling exhibit of vintage artifacts that link the company’s underwritten policies to some of the nation’s most important moments, from great disasters to the early days of movies and aviation.

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  How the Mass. Workers' Comp System Kicked Its Own Drug Habit

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360  |  April 29, 2013

  For years, Massachusetts over-prescribed opioids to workers' comp. recipients, until physicians learned to just say no.

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  A Growing Corporate Risk: Work-Issued Mobile Devices

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360  |  April 10, 2013

  Corporate leaders issuing cell phones to employees to conduct business-related communication are realizing tablets are one of the evolving technologies that keep them walking the razor’s edge of cyber exposure.

• Aspen Enters US Marine, Energy, Construction Sector

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360  |  April 10, 2013

  Aspen Insurance is expanding into the U.S. marine, energy, and construction insurance sector under the leadership of Anthony S. Carroll, the company’s newly appointed executive vice president.

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  Claims Counts, Payments Rising from Mississippi Hailstorm

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360  |  April 8, 2013

  Insurers have paid more than $25 million in claims from a March 18 hailstorm in Mississippi.

• Survey: CROs Gaining Ground in Corporate Leadership

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360  |  April 1, 2013

  The clout of risk managers within insurance organizations is growing, a new survey shows, with the majority of chief risk officers now reporting directly to either the CEO or CFO.

• Just One-third of Small Businesses Suffering Data Breaches Notify Customers: Survey

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360  |  March 29, 2013

  More than half of small U.S. businesses surveyed by the Ponemon Institute were found to have experienced at least one data breach in the entire span of their operations, but only a third notified customers of the situation.

• Ceres: Insurers Acknowledge Climate Change, but Are Not Prepared for Threats

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360  |  March 29, 2013

  Insurers across all sectors are acknowledging the impact of climate change on their business, but they are failing to engage in discussions about how to stay ahead of the potential threats, a new preparedness study says.

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  Tales from the Front: Claims-Management Strategies

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360  |  March 29, 2013

  Every claim situation is a unique tangle of claimants, litigants, insurers and coverage policies, at the heart of which is a disruptive—and potentially catastrophic—situation that must be converted into a coherent spreadsheet of data determining fair compensation for the affected parties.

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  Hanover Scores Basketball Hall of Fame Sponsorship

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360  |  March 28, 2013

  The Hanover Insurance Group is sponsoring the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame’s 2013 Class Announcement, the second time the property and casualty insurer has been involved with the sports award.

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  IICF Teams with Cookie Monster to Increase Children’s Literacy

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360  |  March 19, 2013

  The insurance industry charitable foundation has teamed with Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, to create an early-literacy education program for underserved children.

• Ceres: Insurers Acknowledge Climate Change, but Are Not Prepared for Threats

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360  |  March 11, 2013

  Insurers across all sectors are acknowledging the impacts of climate change on their business, but they are failing to engage in discussions about how to stay ahead of the potential threats, a new preparedness study says.

• Survey: Just 1/3 of Small Businesses Experiencing Data Breach Notify Customers

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360  |  March 8, 2013

  More than half of small U.S. businesses surveyed by the Ponemon Institute were found to have experienced at least one data breach in the entire span of their operations, but only a third notified customers of the situation.

• Nolan to Retire as CWCI President

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360  |  March 5, 2013

  John Michael Nolan is retiring as president of the California Worker’s Compensation Institute.

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  CWCI: Physician Dispensing Increases Workers' Comp Treatment Times, Costs

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360  |  March 5, 2013

  California has one of the highest levels of physician dispensing of repackaged medications in the U.S., a practice that a new study shows may raise treatment costs and lengthen return-to-work time.