Insurers Remain Cautious About Marijuana Insurance Market March 14, 2019 The marijuana industry is an opportunity for insurers as more states have legalized the drug. But there are still risks...
Insurtech Corvus Launches Smart Cyber Excess Insurance with $10M Limit March 14, 2019 Boston-based insurtech company Corvus Insurance has expanded its underwriting appetite for its Smart Cyber Insurance product lines with the launch...
More Employers Helping Employees with Money Worries: Viewpoint March 14, 2019 By LIZ WESTON Millions of Americans get their health insurance and retirement accounts through their employers. Now some are getting help with their...
California Jury Orders J&J to Pay $29 Million in Talc-Linked Cancer Trial March 13, 2019 Johnson & Johnson must pay $29 million to a dying California woman who blamed asbestos-tainted talc for causing her cancer,...
U.S. Joins Nations Grounding Boeing 737 MAX Planes Following New Data March 13, 2019 By Alan Levin and Jennifer Epstein U.S. regulators reversed course Wednesday and announced they will ground Boeing Co.’s top-selling 737 Max family of airliners amid safety...
Marsh Launches Intellectual Property Product With Broad Defense Coverage March 13, 2019 Marsh has launched IP Protect – an insurance product tailored to address organizations’ intellectual property (IP) risks. A proprietary Marsh...
Aon, Insurtech Zesty.ai Partner to Enhance Property Underwriting with AI Data March 13, 2019 Aon has formed a strategic alliance with Zesty.ai, a San Francisco-based insurtech startup, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance...
Moderating Auto Insurance Rates Help Explain Low Inflation March 13, 2019 By Matthew Boesler The latest culprit for cooling U.S. inflation: safer driving. A measure of underlying price pressures watched closely by policy makers...
Startup CEO Exonerated from Crimes, Seeks Compensation for Firing March 13, 2019 By Kartikay Mehrotra and Sarah McBride Zain Jaffer’s charmed, Silicon Valley life was about to collapse beneath him. It was October 2017 and Jaffer, founder of...
Trump Budget Would Cut Crop Insurance Subsidies March 13, 2019 By Mario Parker and Alexandra Semenova President Donald Trump’s “I LOVE YOU!” tweet to farmers is facing another challenge: Budget cuts that will slash subsidies for...