House Committee Approves 5-Year Flood Insurance Extension with Bipartisan Reforms June 13, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson A key House committee has passed legislation to renew the National Flood Insurance Program for five years and institute various...
Berkley Names Argo’s Edwards as President of Verus Underwriting Managers June 13, 2019 W. R. Berkley Corp. has appointed Marlo M. Edwards as president of Verus Underwriting Managers. Edwards succeeds Dale H. Pilkington,...
Stereotype of Salesperson as Liar Too Often Accepted as Sign of Competence June 13, 2019 Everybody says they don’t like liars. But when it comes time to negotiating a big sale, it turns out people...
Fitch Says 2019 Could Be Better Than 2018 for Commercial Insurance June 13, 2019 Fitch Ratings said it maintains a stable outlook for U.S. commercial lines, reflecting the potential for moderately better underwriting profits...
Emails Suggest CEO Zuckerberg Aware of Facebook’s Privacy Faults, WSJ Reports June 13, 2019 Facebook Inc. emails appear to show Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg’s involvement in discussions about its much criticized privacy practices,...
Jury Orders J&J, Colgate to Pay Almost $10 Million in Talc Case June 13, 2019 By Margaret Cronin Fisk, Jef Feeley and Robert Burnson Johnson & Johnson and Colgate-Palmolive Co. must pay almost $10 million to a dying California woman who blamed the companies’...
Talk of Managing Earth as an Asset Wins Over Congressional Climate Change Skeptic June 13, 2019 By Eric Roston In a break from years of acrimony over basic science, House Budget Committee members on Tuesday tripped over each other...
Take the Flood Insurance Quiz June 12, 2019 The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) released an online quiz, “What the Flood!,” as part of its #YourRiskIsReal campaign,...
Environmentalists Sue Over Trump Rollback of Offshore Oil Safety Regulations June 12, 2019 By Valerie Volcovici A coalition of environmental groups on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Interior Department’s rollbacks of safety measures put...
E-Scooter Injuries on the Rise; Researchers Urge Helmet Laws June 12, 2019 Facial and head injuries from riding electric scooters have tripled over the past decade, according to a Rutgers study. Electric...