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Beyond Dram Shop Exposures - 7 Additional Liability Considerations for Craft Alcohol Business

By Maria Slowinski |August 12, 2019|English

When restaurant or bar operations are considered for insurance, we automatically think about fires, liquor liability and workers' compensation. That is a tried and true start. But underwriters beware! Breweries, wineries and distilleries present additional...
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A Call to Action on Supply Chain Risk

By Takashi Ishii |August 08, 2019|English | Chinese

Supply chains play the role of blood vessels in today’s global economy: When they stop running freely, different parts of the economy start to shut down, like organs in the body. Events from the past several years have demonstrated how vulnerable...
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Medical Advances and Reality Checks for Underwriters

By Annika Tiedemann |August 06, 2019|English | Français | Deutsch

Earlier this year researchers at Heidelberg University Hospital announced the development of a blood test that can detect breast cancer cells in patients - with higher accuracy than mammography. Around the same time it was reported that a second and...
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Understanding Mortality - Lessons From Older Ages

By Jean-Marc Fix |July 31, 2019|English

Mercifully, death happens only once to each of us. Nonetheless as I look at my Facebook feed, I can’t help but notice that death and disease are taking more and more space, surpassing news about weddings and births. You might say aging is an unfortunate,...
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Childhood Sexual Abuse Claims and Law Reforms - 3 Things Underwriters Can Do

By Carey Quigley |July 29, 2019|English

State legislatures across the U.S. are enacting reforms for claims of past childhood sexual abuse that previously were barred by statutes of limitations, and so now old claims are being revived. Bill Baumann of our Claims department recently reviewed...
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New Methods of Treating Prostate Cancer

By Dr. Sandra Mitic |July 23, 2019|English | Deutsch

With around 60,000 new cases per year, prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer in men in Germany. The incidence of prostate cancer - especially the early stages - has been increasing steadily for years. This is also due to early detection...
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