Women in Finance Criticize City of London’s ‘Tokenistic’ Diversity Efforts January 18, 2024 By Olivia Konotey-Ahulu Testimonies from 40 women across banking, insurance, and asset management in Britain describe diversity and inclusion initiatives as often “tokenistic,”...
People Moves: Zimmer to Take Alliant CEO Reins From Corbett; WTW Names Forms Client Growth Team; Xceedance Hires Flynn for Personal Lines January 18, 2024 Alliant Insurance Services named Greg Zimmer chief executive officer, taking over for Tom Corbett, who has served as CEO for...
Viewpoint: The Time to Modernize Building Codes, Protect Communities Is Now January 18, 2024 By Mark Berven As we’ve seen for the past several years, severe weather is no longer a seasonal or geographic issue—climate risk has...
Majority of Underwriters Predict Cyber Risks Grow ‘Greatly’ in 2024: Survey January 18, 2024 By Elizabeth Blosfield Underwriters who thought the growing cyber risk landscape of the past several years would level off soon might want to...
State Farm Owes $2.6M to Florida, Court Says in Reading of ‘Dense’ Tax Code January 18, 2024 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports State Farm Insurance and its subsidiaries owe the state of Florida more than $2.6 million in back taxes and interest...
Lawsuit over California Group’s Do-Not-Eat Listing for American Lobster Dismissed January 18, 2024 A California court has dismissed a lawsuit from a group of fishermen against a conservation group that added New England...
Fatal Hot Air Balloon Crash in Arizona May Be Linked to Faulty ‘Envelope’ January 18, 2024 An “unspecified problem” with the balloon portion of a hot air balloon may have led to Sunday’s crash in the...
Washington State Sues to Block Kroger and Albertsons Proposed Merger January 18, 2024 Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson sued to block the proposed merger of Kroger and Albertsons, two of the nation’s...
Insurer Blocked From Rescinding Policy After Fire Claim Due to ‘Extra’ Apartment January 18, 2024 By Jim Sams New York City housing is often jammed into tight spaces. Old houses are carved into several apartments. Not all of...
10 Things that May (or May Not) Happen with the Insurance Industry in 2024 January 18, 2024 By Ellen Lichtenstein AgentSync’s partially humorous take on industry prognostication It wouldn’t be December without a new crop of industry prophecies for the...