Loss Control

The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety recently conducted the first-ever full-scale wildfire demonstration at its research center. Watch the destruction take place.

Insurance company shares were mixed Tuesday amid speculation that the industry might see premiums increase given the slate of recent natural disasters and uncertainty over the upcoming hurricane season.

Insurance company shares were mixed Tuesday amid speculation that the industry might see premiums increase given the slate of recent natural disasters and uncertainty over the upcoming hurricane season.

Employers and their insurers will have a new tool, grounded in the science of human behavior, available to assess an organization’s vulnerability to employment practices liability lawsuits when Montage Analytics officially rolls out its EPL Risk Index later this year.

The use of social-media sites—Facebook, YouTube, Twitter—has surged at a record-breaking pace over the past few years, and they are now used by employees and employers in almost every workplace—a development that has opened new vehicles for harassment, discrimination and employment-related defamation.

A look at some important ways YouTube and social media can help insurers seeking recovery around property-damage and product-defect claims.

The use of social-media sites has surged at a record-breaking pace over the past few years, and they are now used by employees and employers in almost every workplace—a development that has opened new vehicles for harassment, discrimination and employment-related defamation.

Employers and their insurers will have a new tool, grounded in the science of human behavior, available to assess an organization’s vulnerability to employment practices liability lawsuits when Montage Analytics officially rolls out its EPL Risk Index later this year.