Allstate’s Growth Plan Includes Shift in Agent Commissions
Insurer also plans to boost its advertising spend.
Gaining Risk Manager Seat at Technology’s Table
RIMS President Langone sees risk management as part of strategy for tech firms.
- Everest Insurance Adds 4 Underwriters to E&S Casualty Excess Group
- Atlantic Casualty to Create 83 Jobs, Invest $11.8M in North Carolina Operations
- California Commissioner, Lawmakers Intro ‘Hardened Homes’ Wildfire Bill Requiring Admitted Market to Offer Coverage
- Employment Liability Insurers See Plenty to Worry About, From Biometrics to Harassment
- Homeland Security Reports Ransomware Attack Shut Gas Pipeline Facility for Two Days
- Swiss Re’s iptiQ and IKEA Partner to Offer Home insurance
- New Jersey Mall Worker Seriously Injured in 30-Foot Fall from Roof
- Risk Strategies Acquires Virginia’s UNIRISC
- Abrams Fensterman Brings Insurance Defense Group to Brooklyn
- Massachusetts Chemical Plant Re-Opens a Day After a Series of Explosions
- Suit Alleges Ex-Pharmacist in Pennsylvania Fired for Not Trying Medical Marijuana
- Insurance Office of America Merges with New Jersey’s RDA Benefit Services
- OSHA Fines Companies After 2 Killed at Oregon Festival
- Oregon Bar Sued for $2.1M for Over-Serving Man Who Killed 2
- Arizona Flood Control Project Receives Federal Funding
- Icy Roads Caused Dozens of Crashes in Utah
- Insurance Underwriter Enters Race for Montana State Auditor
- California Commissioner, Lawmakers Intro ‘Hardened Homes’ Wildfire Bill Requiring Admitted Market to Offer Coverage
- Soggy Neighborhoods Under Flash-Flood Warning in Mississippi
- Atlantic Casualty to Create 83 Jobs, Invest $11.8M in North Carolina Operations
- Salvage Firm Wants Judge to Halt Removal of Capsized Cargo Ship in Georgia
- Renaissance Alliance Insurance Services Adds 3 Agencies to Florida Network
- HCI Approved by Florida Regulator to Replace Anchor P&C Coverage for 43K Insureds
- Officials Warn Mississippi Flooding Could Worsen as Water Continues to Rise
- Viewpoint: 4 Things Insurance Firms Can Do to Improve Efficiency, Data Use
- Suit Against Army Corps for Post-Harvey Flooding Dismissed by Federal Judge
- Texas Windstorm Insurer Sets Funding at $4.2 Billion for 2020 Cat Year
- Refinery Fire Doused in South Texas, No Injuries
- Viewpoint: 3 Ways Technology Makes Insurance Broker RFP Responses Easier
- Trial Over Arkema Chemical Plant Fire During Harvey Set to Begin
- Viewpoint: 4 Things Insurance Firms Can Do to Improve Efficiency, Data Use
- Employee Accused of Stealing from Nebraska Insurance Agency Fined $400
- United Fire in Iowa Reports 4Q Earnings Loss
- Fire Destroys 3 Businesses in Busy South Dakota Town
- Suit: Iowa’s Drake U., Fraternity Negligent in Dangerous Hazing Event
- Viewpoint: 3 Ways Technology Makes Insurance Broker RFP Responses Easier
National News
- Insurers Finding It Increasingly Difficult to Fill Vacant Positions
- Employment Liability Insurers See Plenty to Worry About, From Biometrics to Harassment
- Justice Department Targets Internet Firms’ Liability Shield
- The State of Autonomous Driving: Shuttles vs. Moonshots in Big Stakes Race
- Homeland Security Reports Ransomware Attack Shut Gas Pipeline Facility for Two Days
- 4Q Earnings Briefs: Trupanion, United Fire, Fidelity National
- Everest Insurance Adds 4 Underwriters to E&S Casualty Excess Group
East News
- New Jersey Mall Worker Seriously Injured in 30-Foot Fall from Roof
- Risk Strategies Acquires Virginia’s UNIRISC
- Abrams Fensterman Brings Insurance Defense Group to Brooklyn
- Massachusetts Chemical Plant Re-Opens a Day After a Series of Explosions
- Suit Alleges Ex-Pharmacist in Pennsylvania Fired for Not Trying Medical Marijuana
- Insurance Office of America Merges with New Jersey’s RDA Benefit Services
Midwest News
- Viewpoint: 4 Things Insurance Firms Can Do to Improve Efficiency, Data Use
- Employee Accused of Stealing from Nebraska Insurance Agency Fined $400
- United Fire in Iowa Reports 4Q Earnings Loss
- Fire Destroys 3 Businesses in Busy South Dakota Town
- Suit: Iowa’s Drake U., Fraternity Negligent in Dangerous Hazing Event
- Viewpoint: 3 Ways Technology Makes Insurance Broker RFP Responses Easier
How Comparing Prices Lowers Drug Costs
Favors lowest prices to patients over highest rebates to benefit managers.
Texas / South Central News
- Viewpoint: 4 Things Insurance Firms Can Do to Improve Efficiency, Data Use
- Suit Against Army Corps for Post-Harvey Flooding Dismissed by Federal Judge
- Texas Windstorm Insurer Sets Funding at $4.2 Billion for 2020 Cat Year
- Refinery Fire Doused in South Texas, No Injuries
- Viewpoint: 3 Ways Technology Makes Insurance Broker RFP Responses Easier
- Trial Over Arkema Chemical Plant Fire During Harvey Set to Begin
Southeast News
- Farmers Insurance Expands Into South Carolina with Online Auto Insurance Policy
- Soggy Neighborhoods Under Flash-Flood Warning in Mississippi
- Atlantic Casualty to Create 83 Jobs, Invest $11.8M in North Carolina Operations
- Salvage Firm Wants Judge to Halt Removal of Capsized Cargo Ship in Georgia
- Renaissance Alliance Insurance Services Adds 3 Agencies to Florida Network
- HCI Approved by Florida Regulator to Replace Anchor P&C Coverage for 43K Insureds
UK, EU Still at Odds Over Market Access
Britain left the EU last month. Its financial firms will lose privileged access to EU customers.
West News
- OSHA Fines Companies After 2 Killed at Oregon Festival
- Oregon Bar Sued for $2.1M for Over-Serving Man Who Killed 2
- Arizona Flood Control Project Receives Federal Funding
- Icy Roads Caused Dozens of Crashes in Utah
- Insurance Underwriter Enters Race for Montana State Auditor
- California Commissioner, Lawmakers Intro ‘Hardened Homes’ Wildfire Bill Requiring Admitted Market to Offer Coverage
International News
- World Bank Pandemic Bond Losing Value, Facing Criticism as Coronavirus Spreads
- UK Issues Severe Flood Warnings as Rivers Peak After Storm Dennis
- FACTBOX: China Takes Steps to Bolster Coronavirus-Hit Economy
- Global Warming Creating ‘Irreversible’ Ice Melt in Antarctica: Scientist
- Argo Group Appoints Bradley as Chairman; Rehnberg Named CEO
- 12 Chinese Insurers Co-Launch Coverage for Businesses Hit by Coronavirus
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