Coronavirus Quarantine Poses Risks for Businesses Around the World CoronavirusNews

Coronavirus Quarantine Poses Risks for Businesses Around the World

In response to growing concerns about a potential coronavirus pandemic, China has imposed a quarantine on Wuhan, a city of eleven million people in Hubai…

Mitch DavisJanuary 23, 2020

Protecting Your Business Against the Umbrella Liability Insurance Crisis in 2020 News

Protecting Your Business Against the Umbrella Liability Insurance Crisis in 2020

There is currently a crisis in the Umbrella Liability insurance market.   As we discussed in our previous article, the insurance industry periodically goes through a…

Mitch DavisDecember 5, 2019

Repercussions for Texas Businesses in Hard Insurance Markets News

Repercussions for Texas Businesses in Hard Insurance Markets

If you’re a business owner who works with the worldwide Property & Casualty insurance industry, you’ve likely heard colleagues and insurance experts use the term…

Mitch DavisNovember 12, 2019

Pollution: An Overlooked Hurricane Risk for Business Owners News

Pollution: An Overlooked Hurricane Risk for Business Owners

Despite improved policies and technologies, hurricanes continue to be a major source of concern, especially for business owners within the oil, gas, and chemicals industries.…

Mitch DavisOctober 10, 2019

The MBD Group Moves HQ to Austin, TX News

The MBD Group Moves HQ to Austin, TX

The MB Davis Group has decided to expand our presence in the lone star state by moving our headquarters to Austin, Texas. While we will…

Mitch DavisSeptember 20, 2019

Why You Need A Commercial Insurance Consultant News

Why You Need A Commercial Insurance Consultant

Many prospects that we speak with ask, “Why do we need a commercial insurance consultant if we have a broker?” Here’s what Mitch, our leading…

Mitch DavisSeptember 5, 2019

Government Expropriation News

Government Expropriation

In our previous posts, we discussed the increase in cyber attacks that are seemingly perpetrated by governments and the potential complications that might arise if…

Mitch DavisSeptember 26, 2016

Risk of Theft by Sovereign Nations News

Risk of Theft by Sovereign Nations

In our cyber e-book from several months ago, we mentioned the 2014 hack of Sony Pictures and how it may have been perpetrated by the…

Mitch DavisJuly 11, 2016

Man-Made Earthquakes: Managing Risk and Liability – A Pittsburgh Case Study News

Man-Made Earthquakes: Managing Risk and Liability – A Pittsburgh Case Study

In the previous post, I discussed the possible causes of man-made earthquakes, the geopolitical and technical factors that likely mean that they will continue, and…

Mitch DavisJune 10, 2016

Man-Made Earthquakes: Future Predictions News

Man-Made Earthquakes: Future Predictions

In the last post in this series, I discussed man-made earthquakes and their connection to injection technology. Today, I'd like to dig a little deeper…

Mitch DavisApril 20, 2016

Man-Made Earthquakes: A Manageable Risk? News

Man-Made Earthquakes: A Manageable Risk?

The last few decades have seen manmade global warming go from a fringe concern to a major policy and economic issue. The continuous and ever-increasing…

Mitch DavisApril 15, 2016

Why Do I Need an Insurance Audit? News

Why Do I Need an Insurance Audit?

How Sophisticated is Your Understanding of Insurance? While insurance is a fundamental part of nearly every business, we find that it's something very few business…

Mitch DavisApril 6, 2016

Fact or Fiction? Part II News

Fact or Fiction? Part II

In our last post, we discussed several of the common misconceptions that relate to stored data, building on our recent paper about cyber threats and…

Mitch DavisFebruary 23, 2016

Political Risk and Insurance News

Political Risk and Insurance

Political risk can be a major source of financial loss for business. The chance always exist that political and social forces out of your control…

Mitch DavisJanuary 26, 2016

Privacy—Bad Behavior and Working Abroad News

Privacy—Bad Behavior and Working Abroad

In our last blog post, we discussed the concept and history of privacy and the legal and societal expectations in the U.S. relating to the…

Mitch DavisJanuary 13, 2016

Privacy—History, Dangers and Handling of Information News

Privacy—History, Dangers and Handling of Information

Unsurprisingly, privacy as a concept dates back to early human history, beginning in earnest with philosophical arguments put forth by Aristotle relating to the "public"…

Mitch DavisJanuary 11, 2016

Terrorism Risk and Insurance News

Terrorism Risk and Insurance

The recent attacks in Paris served as a dreadful reminder of the constant risk of terrorism. Sadly, they are far from the first incident of…

Mitch DavisDecember 10, 2015

Fact or Fiction? News

Fact or Fiction?

Debunking 4 Common Myths About Your Data We recently published an eBook providing a comprehensive look at cyber risks and how Cyber Insurance can serve as…

Mitch DavisDecember 1, 2015

Making Sense of Cyber Insurance News

Making Sense of Cyber Insurance

New Risks in a Changing World Commerce runs on information, and a company’s most important commercial assets often aren’t inventory or real property, but data.…

Mitch DavisAugust 5, 2015

PCI Security Standards Council News

PCI Security Standards Council

I had the pleasure of attending the PCI Security Standards Council's North American Community Meeting in Las Vegas this week.  PCI is a consortium formed by…

Mitch DavisOctober 2, 2013