Advisen Ltd.: June 2015

Sunday, June 28, 2015

Meeting the Challenges of Environmental Risks in International Construction

September 23, 2015 at 11am EDT

A growing number of U.S. contractors are bidding, and winning, contracts abroad. In addition to addressing the cultural and legal differences of foreign projects, contractors also should consider the significant risks posed by varying environmental regulations of each country they operate in. Before embarking on a project abroad, they should assess local environmental regulations to assure their construction work will be in compliance. They also should review their insurance program to guarantee they have the coverage they require.

A panel of international construction and environmental law experts will examine the global environmental regulation landscape, explain risk management best practices, and discuss the insurance needs of contractors taking on projects in foreign lands.

This free, one-hour webinar is sponsored by ACE.

Panelists

The following panelists will participate in the webinar:

• David Bradford, President, Research & Editorial division, Advisen (Moderator)

• Diana Eichfeld, Assistant Vice President, ACE Environmental Risk

• Andrea Nelson, Vice President of Risk Management, Manhattan Construction Company

• Bryan Weiss, Associate General Counsel, ACE North American Office of General Counsel

Thursday, June 25, 2015

Federal Judge Rules Sony Plaintiffs Have Standing in Breach Lawsuit

A federal judge in California has denied an attempt by Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. to dismiss a class-action lawsuit brought by nine employees who claim the company’s lack of adequate cybersecurity caused a massive breach that exposed financial, health and other personally identifiable information of at least 15,000 current and former Sony employees.

Sony had argued the employees lacked Article III standing because the employees failed to allege injury.

2015 Management Liability Insights Conference – Chicago

http://www.advisenltd.com/events/conferences/2015/05/19/2015-management-liability-insights-conference-chicago/photos/ Advisen’s unique Management Liability Insights Conference series will make its first appearance in Chicago with a half-day program that takes place on Tuesday, May 19, 2015. Please note that we take lots of pictures at our events, and we post them on our website.

Thursday, June 18, 2015

Advisen Announces 2015 Cyber Risk Award Winners

NEW YORK— June 18, 2015 – ACE Group’s Toby Merrill, CFC Underwriting’s Graeme Newman and ACE Group’s Marcel Van Peenen were each named Cyber Risk Industry Person of the Year in the USA, London and International markets respectively at the P&C industry’s second annual Cyber Risk Awards presented by Advisen Ltd., the single source solution for insurance intelligence.

Winning companies – determined by People’s Choice voting – took home trophies in six other categories during an evening gala event at the Grand Hyatt in New York, emceed by Tom Srail of Willis who headlined this year’s program and was joined by CFC Underwriting’s Graeme Newman and XL Catlin’s Jeremy Gittler.

Additionally, Richard J. Bortnick of Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP received the Cyber Risk Network 2015 Person of the Year award for his outstanding contributions.

2015 Cyber Risk Insights Conference – Chicago

http://www.advisenltd.com/events/conferences/2015/05/18/2015-cyber-risk-insights-conference-chicago/ Advisen brings back the Cyber Risk Conference series to Chicago with a full-day event addressing the critical privacy, network security and cyber insurance issues confronting risk professionals and their organizations.

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Heads on a Blatter? US Indictments Target Subordinates of FIFA President, For Now

The Dept. of Justice announced the arrest in Zurich early Wednesday of seven of the 14 FIFA officials and corporate executives it charged with racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies in connection with “a 24-year scheme to enrich themselves through the corruption of international soccer.”

But the name of Sepp Blatter–Swiss football administrator and president since 1998 of the Federation Internationale de Football Association–was absent from the list of the high ranking officials who were indicted.

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

SwissRe Sees Biggest Risk for Business Insurers in the Internet of Things

Emerging risks with the highest short-term potential impact for insurance are so-called super natural catastrophes, de-globalization and the “great monetary experiment,” according to SwissRe.

The wholesale provider of reinsurance and insurance said it crowdsourced its own risk managers to identify and evaluate new threats in the third edition of its SONAR report. Highlights include pandemic risks, the proliferation of vertical cities and the dangers of LED light.

Thursday, June 4, 2015

Helpful Hacking — Efforts to Identify Security Flaws Increase

As it becomes clearer that anything can theoretically be hacked, security researchers have set out to warn businesses and individuals of the potential risks. However, views differ on whether security flaws in software or equipment should be widely broadcast, or even whether cybersecurity experts should be tampering with connected devices, planes, cars, or medical equipment to test them.

For example, Chris Roberts, the security researcher who was barred from boarding a plane after Tweeting about the numerous times he had hacked into airplane computer systems. Roberts and his attorneys at the Electronic Frontier Foundation claimed that his efforts had only been to improve airplane security.

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

US Proposes Guidance for Contractor Compliance with Workplace Rules

The Department of Labor has proposed guidance for federal contractors on how to comply with basic workplace protections.

President Obama last year signed the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order, which will require prospective federal contractors to disclose labor law violations.