Technology Helping Adjusters More Quickly Identify Legitimate Claims March 8, 2019 By Jim Sams The physician couldn’t tell what was causing the smudge on a CT scan of his wife’s lungs, so he referred...
Improved Tornado Forecasting Doesn’t Prevent All Deaths March 8, 2019 By Seth Borenstein Sometimes in forecasting tornadoes, you can get everything technically right, and yet it all goes horribly wrong. Three days before...
Emerging Markets to Drive Global Insurance Growth over Next Decade: Swiss Re’s Sigma March 8, 2019 Emerging markets will remain the growth engine of the global economy and insurance industry over the next decade, reflecting a...
Trump Administration Unveils Higher Threshold to Expand Overtime Pay March 8, 2019 By Daniel Wiessner The U.S. Department of Labor issued a long-awaited proposal on Thursday to extend mandatory overtime pay to a million more...
Amazon, Berkshire, JPMorgan Health Care Venture Gets a Name: Haven March 7, 2019 The Boston-based health care organization founded by giant employers Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase announced its name – Haven...
Jurors Told How Insys Chief Used Competitors’ Data to Drive Own Opioid Sales March 7, 2019 By Janelle Lawrence Insys Therapeutics Inc. founder John Kapoor didn’t cut corners when it came to collecting intelligence on opioid sales, using the...
How Reading the Fine Print in Insurance Policy Paid Off for Teacher, Students March 7, 2019 Donelan Andrews of Georgia has been a teacher for 25 years. Armed with a consumer economics background, she says she...
Stanley Black & Decker in Craftsman Trademark Dispute with Sears March 7, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel Sears is back into court, less than one month after emerging from bankruptcy protection. The retailer was sued on Wednesday...
The Time Donald Trump Filed Huge Insurance Claim: O’Brien March 7, 2019 By Timothy L. O’Brien A series of hurricanes tore through Florida in 2005, and Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump’s business and residence in Palm Beach,...
The Story Behind the Aon and Willis Towers Watson Deal that Died a Quick Death March 7, 2019 By Dinesh Nair and Katherine Chiglinsky It’s not often that you hear about a $24 billion deal brewing in the financial services industry. It’s even rarer...