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Estimated 659K Lost Health Coverage in Texas, State with Most Uninsured in U.S.
Jul 15 2020 // Job loss stemming from the coronavirus stripped health insurance from an estimated 659,000 Texans between February and May, according to a new study. The analysis, published on July 14 by Families USA, a nonpartisan...
Profit-Driven Automakers Race to Next Level of Not Quite Self-Driving Cars
Jul 15 2020 // Autopilot, ProPilot, CoPilot: Automakers have many names for new systems that allow for hands-free driving, but no safety or performance standards to follow as they roll out the most significant changes to vehicle...
Axis Adds Swiss Re, NAS and Hiscox Veterans to U.S. Cyber Insurance Team
Jul 14 2020 // Specialty insurer AXIS Insurance announced the hiring of three experienced underwriters to its U.S. Cyber and Technology team. Peter Smith will join AXIS as underwriting manager, while and Emma Werth and Jessica Currier...
U.S. Pressures Insurers, Certifiers, Shippers in Enforcing Tougher Sanctions on Venezuela
Jul 14 2020 // Several companies that certify vessels are seaworthy and ship insurers have withdrawn services to tankers involved in the Venezuelan oil trade as the United States targets the maritime industry to tighten sanctions on the...
Allianz Restructures AGCS North America Team as Part of New Profit Plan
Jul 13 2020 // As Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS) executes its plan to regain profitability in the corporate and specialty insurance segment, it is adopting a more simplified regional organization in North America. The...
U.S. Targets Ship Insurers, Maritime Industry to Strengthen Venezuela Sanctions
Jul 13 2020 // Several companies that certify vessels are seaworthy and ship insurers have withdrawn services to tankers involved in the Venezuelan oil trade as the United States targets the maritime industry to tighten sanctions on the...
Traffic Cameras Could Help Reduce Racism in Traffic Enforcement: Opinion
Jul 13 2020 // Speed cameras made their U.S. debut in 1986 in Galveston County, Texas. The Swiss-made devices, dubbed “PhotoCops” by the local company that lent them to police departments in exchange for a cut of the ticket...
German Officials Seize Server With U.S. Police Files Stolen in Data Breach
Jul 10 2020 // At the behest of the U.S. government, German authorities have seized a computer server that hosted a huge cache of files from scores of U.S. federal, state and local law enforcement agencies obtained in a Houston data...
Lloyd’s to Exit U.S. Admitted Market, Focus on U.S. Surplus Lines, Reinsurance
Jul 10 2020 // Lloyd’s announced it plans to stop accepting admitted market accounts in the U.S. in a year and focus on the U.S. reinsurance and excess and surplus (E&S) insurance market, where it is the market leader. As part...
Insurers Are Creating Products for World Where Pandemics Could Become New Norm
Jul 10 2020 // Insurers are creating products for a world where virus outbreaks could become the new normal after many businesses were left out in the cold during the COVID-19 crisis. While new pandemic-proof policies might not be cheap,...
Supreme Court to Hear Federal Trade Commission’s Appeal Over Ill-Gotten Gains
Jul 10 2020 // The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Thursday to decide whether the Federal Trade Commission can continue to require scam artists and firms that engaged in deceptive business practices to return money improperly obtained from...
Coronavirus Crisis Heightens Insurers’ Caution About Senior Care Market
Jul 10 2020 // The coronavirus pandemic has made it even harder for senior-care centers in the United States to find or afford standard liability insurance, with rates soaring by as much as 300%, insurance brokers said. Residential care...
Profile: MGA Nexus Group Sets Sights on U.S. Growth, Even During COVID-19 Crisis
Jul 9 2020 // Nexus Group, the UK-based managing general agent, is looking to the U.S. for growth opportunities, despite the raging COVID-19 crisis. “With the political landscape and Brexit, it was an obvious choice for us to...
Chubb Unveils Public-Private Program for Pandemic Business Interruption
Jul 9 2020 // Chubb unveiled a proposal for the insurance industry and federal government to partner on covering future pandemic-related business interruptions—and to get money to small businesses quickly—following through on an...
Atlanta-Based Crawford & Company Taps Kottler as U.S. President of Global Technical Services
Jul 9 2020 // Crawford & Company, a publicly listed independent provider of claims management and outsourcing options to carriers, brokers and corporates, has appointed Paul Kottler as president of Global Technical Services (GTS)...
Supreme Court Supports Employers’ Religious Rights in Contraception, Teacher Employment
Jul 9 2020 // The U.S. Supreme Court struck two blows for religious rights, including a decision that upholds Trump administration rules giving employers a broad right to refuse to offer birth control through their health plans. The...
Bayer Agrees to Delay Future Claims Portion of Proposed Roundup Settlement
Jul 8 2020 // Bayer said it had agreed to delay a proposed settlement to deal with future claims relating to allegations that its widely used weedkiller Roundup caused cancer after a U.S. judge questioned the plan. The German company...
Allstate to Buy National General for $4 Billion, Growing Auto, Independent Agent Business
Jul 8 2020 // U.S. Insurer Allstate Corp. said on Tuesday it will buy National General Holdings Corp. for about $4 billion in cash, scaling up its auto insurance business at a time when the coronavirus has crushed traffic on roads and...
Insurance Costs Rising for Cannabis Firms as Unhappy Investors File Slew of Lawsuits
Jul 8 2020 // Canadian and U.S. cannabis companies are facing a spike in already high costs of insurance to protect top executives from personal liability, following a slew of lawsuits by disgruntled investors alleging fraud and...
Losses From Civil Protests May Cause Insurers to Rethink Property Coverage
Jul 8 2020 // The civil disturbance that started in Minneapolis after the killing by police of George Floyd spread to 20 other states, leading to an unprecedented property insurance catastrophe. The experience will likely impact policy...
