Insurance data analytics and risk modeling firm Verisk announced the expansion of its new insurtech solution OneXperience into commercial insurance. This expansion will enable agents and businesses to engage and closely collaborate with insurers by sharing video surveys of commercial …
Tokio Marine HCC has agreed to snatch up GCube, a managing general agent with a focus on renewable energy risks. The deal is expected to close in the 2020 second quarter, pending the usual regulatory approval process and other customary …
Faith Insurance Agency, in Eureka, Missouri, has joined Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a network of more than 130 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois. Faith Insurance Agency is owned by Jordan Wilson, who has more than 15 years …
A preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board doesn’t list a possible cause for a small plane crash near Payson, Ariz., that killed one person aboard and injured two others last month. The report released earlier this week says …
A former tenant at an RV park south of Warrenton, Ore., has filed a lawsuit against the owner alleging negligence over living conditions in a trailer. Sandra Holloway moved into a “dry trailer” at Sunset Lake Resort & RV Par …
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday banned electrical stimulation devices (ESDs) used in curbing self-injurious or aggressive behavior, citing substantial risks of illness or injury to patients. The agency’s final decision comes after the devices were found to …
Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has acquired the Portland, Ore.-based LifeBalance Program, adding the well-being discount program further it its employee benefits group’s products and services. The entire LifeBalance team will join Alliant and continue serving clients nationwide from its Portland …
The initial insured property losses for January’s hailstorms in Australia are estimated at A$670 million (US$746.7 million), according to PERILS, the independent Zurich-based organization that provides industry-wide catastrophe insurance data. The storms occurred Jan. 19-21, 2020 and affected the Australian …
Lawyers for Pacific Gas & Electric said the utility can’t commit to hiring hundreds more tree trimmers in the way that a federal judge wants to cut the risk of starting more catastrophic wildfires in California. U.S. District Judge William …
Worried that an earthquake could collapse a big dam south of San Francisco, officials have ordered its reservoir to be completely drained by October to reduce the risk of floodwaters spilling into Silicon Valley. The 240-foot high earthen Anderson Dam, …
