A veteran agency insurtech advocate has launched an online directory for property/casualty insurance agents to categorize, compare and connect them with technology companies that support the agency distribution channel. In addition to the directory, InsurancePlayground.com includes the ability to rate …
Right after closing its Series A financing round, Boxx Insurance Inc. announced its expansion to the U.S. and its appointment of Hilario Itriago as Boxx USA president. The digital managing general agency promises that its cyber insurance products make it …
A weather-roiling La Nina appears to have emerged across the equatorial Pacific, setting the stage for worsening droughts in California and South America, frigid winters in parts of the U.S. and Japan and greater risks for the world’s already strained …
Costs for large U.S. employers that pay for their employees’ medical care will increase on average five percent to more than $13,000 per employee in 2022, predicts insurance broker Aon. This increase would be slightly less than what employers budgeted …
Marsh McLennan announced the launch of its Cyber Risk Analytics Center, a resource that brings together the cyber risk data, analytics and mitigation expertise of its four businesses and other business, government and academic partners. The cross-enterprise center’s participants— Marsh, …
The Biden administration on Thursday began a process to amend federal procurement rules to require the U.S. government – the world’s largest buyer of goods and services – to factor the risks of climate change into its contracts. The administration …
Facebook Inc. will now count activists and journalists as “involuntary” public figures and so increase protections against harassment and bullying targeted at these groups, its global safety chief said in an interview this week. The social media company, which allows …
The U.S. Labor Department on Tuesday submitted to the White House the initial text of President Joe Biden’s plan to require private-sector workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or get tested regularly. The department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration submitted …
Insurance broker Lockton Companies announced the formation of special team focused on risk transfer for companies in the evolving blockchain and cryptocurrency industry and their digital assets. In addition to providing insurance and consulting, Lockton’s Emerging Asset Protection (LEAP) team …
From her Baltimore dining room, Susan Goodlaxson can see her neighbor gardening across the street. But while other neighbors stop to chat, Goodlaxson just watches from the window. She uses a wheelchair, and there isn’t a single curb ramp on …
