July 28, 2020
Encova Insurance, based in Columbus, Ohio, has launched a new suite of personal lines products that will be delivered digitally to agents in Indiana. With Encova’s new personal lines product offering, agents and policyholders will appreciate choice and flexibility through …
July 28, 2020
The Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) has filed a recommendation for a decrease in the stamping fee rate with the Texas Department of Insurance. In a letter to Insurance Commissioner Kent Sullivan, SLTX said its board of directors …
July 28, 2020
Catastrophe risk modeling firm, Karen Clark & Company (KCC) has estimated the insured loss from Hurricane Hanna, which made landfall on Padre Island, Texas, on July 26, will be close to $350 million, excluding National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) losses. …
July 28, 2020
Hawaii avoided a direct hit from Hurricane Douglas and the Category 1 storm was swirling just north of the island chain. The Central Pacific Warning Center lifted the hurricane warning on Monday for the island of Kauai, the final remaining …
July 28, 2020
A former University of Southern California campus gynecologist accused of sexually assaulting 21 patients pleaded not guilty Friday to six new charges. George Tyndall, 73, entered pleas to five counts of sexual penetration of an unconscious person and one count …
July 28, 2020
Guy Carpenter announced today the appointment of Andrea Piatti as a managing director, Global Risk Solutions. Piatti will be responsible for serving clients in the customized reinsurance space across Europe and Middle East and North Africa (MENA), including structured reinsurance …
July 28, 2020
Republican Senator Josh Hawley on Tuesday introduced legislation that would penalize large tech companies that sell or show targeted advertisements by threatening a legal immunity enjoyed by the industry — the latest onslaught on Big Tech’s business practices. The bill, …
July 28, 2020
Companies seeking to transfer data to the United States must revert to new arrangements with immediate effect after the Privacy Shield transatlantic pact was declared invalid last week, a European Union watchdog said on Friday. The privacy watchdog said the …
July 28, 2020
Americans are hanging on to their cars and trucks longer, pushing the average age of vehicles on the road to the highest level in nearly 20 years even before the coronavirus hit, according to new data from IHS Markit Ltd. …
July 28, 2020
London-based insurtech Zego has partnered with e-scooter company, Ginger, to provide insurance for the UK’s first ever e-scooter trial, which has just launched in the Tees Valley, a city region in the north east of England. The partnership follows the …