A.M. Best Weighs In With Stable Commercial Insurance Outlook for 2020 December 9, 2019 The market outlook on the U.S. commercial lines industry for 2020 is stable. according to analysts at ratings firm A.M....
Uber Gets Mixed Reaction to Public Report on Sex Assaults. Now What? December 9, 2019 By Cathy Bussewitz and Tom Krisher A day after Uber revealed that more than 3,000 riders and drivers were sexually assaulted last year while using its...
Chubb Names North America Commercial Lines Leadership: Rockwell, Williamson, Wells December 9, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Global insurer Chubb announced leadership appointments for North America Commercial Insurance, the company’s $5.8 billion retail commercial property/casualty insurance division...
Jury Clears Tesla CEO Musk of Defamation Claim for ‘Pedo’ Tweet December 8, 2019 By Brian Melley Elon Musk defeated defamation allegations Friday from a British cave explorer who claimed he was branded a pedophile when the...
Fitch Sees Stronger Commercial Lines But Weaker Auto, Work Comp Results Coming December 6, 2019 The U.S. property/casualty insurance sector should see small improvements in underwriting profits in 2019 and 2020, thanks largely to commercial...
AmTrust Promotes CFO Karkowsky to President December 6, 2019 AmTrust Financial Services has promoted Adam Karkowsky to the role of president of AmTrust, reporting to Barry Zyskind, chairman and...
Trials Over Bayer’s Roundup Weedkiller Delayed for Mediation Talks December 6, 2019 By Tim Loh Bayer AG agreed to postpone two upcoming U.S. trials involving its Roundup weedkiller to allow time for mediation talks on...
Political Risk Losses Up in 2019, Hitting 68% of Surveyed Firms: WTW December 6, 2019 A survey of 41 major corporations by broker Willis Towers Watson found that 61% believe political risk levels increased in...
Uber Received 3,000 Reports of Sexual Assault in U.S. in 2018 December 6, 2019 By Tina Bellon Ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc. said it received over 3,000 reports of sexual assault related to its 1.3 billion rides...
Amazon Providing Software That Could Help NFL Prevent Concussions December 6, 2019 By Dina Bass, Matt Day and Eben Novy-Williams Amazon.com Inc. and the National Football League announced a deal to use the tech giant’s cloud-computing services to help solve...