Trump’s EPA Institutes Curb on ‘Secret’ Science Used in Formulating Regulations January 5, 2021 By Timothy Gardner The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief said on Monday he has finalized a rule to limit what scientific research...
Riskiest Counties for Natural Disasters Are Not Always Where People Think January 5, 2021 By Seth Borenstein Spending her life in Los Angeles, Morgan Andersen knows natural disasters all too well. In college, an earthquake shook her...
Insurance Leaders Among Those Urging Congress to Certify Biden Win Without Delay January 5, 2021 By Andrew G. Simpson Several leaders of the insurance industry joined nearly 200 New York corporate executives in a letter urging members of Congress...
World’s Largest Insurers 2020: AM Best Ranks UnitedHealth, Allianz on Top January 5, 2021 UnitedHealth Group Inc. takes the top spot in AM Best’s ranking of the world’s 25 largest insurance companies for a...
Amazon, Berkshire, JPMorgan Closing Down Joint Healthcare Venture January 4, 2021 By Manas Mishra The healthcare joint venture of Amazon.com Inc., Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co., will cease to exist at...
OSHA Now Accepting 2020 Workplace Injury Submissions Through March 2 January 4, 2021 The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is reminding employers that the agency will begin collecting calendar year 2020 workplace...
AmWINS Rebrands, Integrates Networked Insurance Agents with AmWINS Access January 4, 2021 Wholesale insurance brokerage AmWINS Group has rebranded its agency aggregator subsidiary Networked Insurance Agents to AmWINS Access – Admitted Placement...
Applied Underwriters Continues Major Expansion with D&O Unit Headed by AIG’s McGill January 4, 2021 By Andrew G. Simpson Fast-growing specialty lines insurer Applied Underwriters announced the creation of a U.S. based division of its Applied Financial Lines business...
CNA Transfers $690M of Excess Workers’ Compensation Business to Enstar Subsidiary January 4, 2021 Commercial lines insurer CNA Financial Corp. and Enstar on Dec. 30, 2020 said they had reached an agreement to have...
Global Aviation Deaths Rose in 2020, Although Number of Crashes Fell January 4, 2021 By David Shepardson The number of people killed in large commercial airplane crashes rose in 2020 to 299 worldwide, even as the number...