- Empire BlueCross BlueShield CEO promoted to position with Anthem
The New York City’s area’s largest health insurer will soon have a new leader.
- State comp bureau recommends rate cut for public employers
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation has recommended a 9% cut in workers compensation rates next year for public employers in the state, the agency said Friday.
- Hurricane Erika's latest shift lessens Florida risk
Hurricane Erika’s forecast path has shifted to the west, meaning that the storm is unlikely to hit Florida as a hurricane, catastrophe modeler AIR Worldwide said in an analysis released Friday.
- Auditor seeks crackdown on California government cyber security
California lawmakers should require the state department of technology to conduct a security assessment of each state entity under the direct authority of the government at least every two years and “to authorize it to redirect funds if available…
- Risk management software firm names CEO
Risk management software provider Ventiv Technology Inc., London, has named Stephen Rhee as its CEO.
- Ashley Madison parent company CEO quits after infidelity data hack
(Reuters) — Noel Biderman, the chief executive of infidelity website Ashley Madison’s parent company Avid Life Media Inc., has left the company, weeks after hackers launched a cyber assault that leaked sensitive data about millions of clients.
- Canadian risk management leader dead at 79
William H. McGannon, a Canadian risk management pioneer, has died at the age of 79.
- Week in pictures
Tropical storms, airshow crashes and executive poaching make for a full week at Business Insurance. View the gallery.
- Investors in the dark as cyber threat grows
(Reuters) — Investors are being poorly served by a haphazard approach from fund managers to the growing threat of cyber crime damaging the companies in which they invest, with a lack of clarity from the businesses themselves compounding the problem.