Up-Market Home Insurtech Openly Opens for Business in 2 States After Raising $7.6M November 26, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson The tech-enabled high-end home insurance provider Openly announced it has begun selling in Illinois and Arizona at the same time...
E-Cigarette Maker Juul Pulled Into Tobacco Product Liability Case November 26, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson A Florida state court judge ordered the co-founder of the e-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc. to answer questions under oath...
FEMA Envisions High-Tech Flood Insurance Program Using Parametrics, Blockchain November 26, 2019 By Jim Sams Blockchain technology and parametric insurance should be included in the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s toolbox as it strives to close...
Can Ethics Be Taught? Study Assesses Ethics Training on Financial Sector Behavior November 26, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Can ethics be taught? New research suggests yes, while offering the first large-sample study on how rules and ethics training...
Why E&S Carriers Aren’t Winners Over the Long Term November 25, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson ACORD’s recent study, “Intelligent Growth: Intent, Decisions, Outcomes,” reveals that E&S/specialty companies don’t fare well over the long term. Here,...
Confessions of a Diehard Insurance Data Fan: Part 2 November 25, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson After Bill Pieroni, the CEO of ACORD, delivered a presentation about ACORD’s latest study, “Intelligent Growth: Intent, Decisions, Outcomes,” he...
BerkleyMed and Berkley Healthcare Merged Into One November 25, 2019 W.R. Berkley Corp. said it has combined two of its healthcare-focused operating units in a bid to strength how it...
Sexual Abuse Victims Claim Catholic Church Pressured Them Into Unfair Settlements November 25, 2019 By Michael Rezendes Two impoverished Mississippi men who say they were sexually assaulted by Franciscan missionaries filed a federal lawsuit Thursday claiming that...
Trump Regulatory Rollback Targets Safety Rules Prompted by Industrial Disasters November 25, 2019 By Ari Natter and Jennifer A. Dlouhy The Trump administration’s move to relax an Obama-era chemical safety regulation put in place after an explosion at a fertilizer...
Home Insurance Insurtech Hippo Buys Home Services Startup Sheltr November 25, 2019 By Mark Hollmer Digital home insurance managing general agency Hippo Insurance has acquired an early-stage startup in a bid to beef up its...