More School Districts Buying Active Shooter Insurance March 21, 2018 By Noor Zainab Hussain and Suzanne Barlyn Insurance broker Paul Marshall can count on his phone ringing in the aftermath of a school shooting. Since the Feb....
Judge Says President Trump Not Immune to Defamation Suit Over ‘Unofficial Conduct’ March 21, 2018 By Jonathan Stempel and Brendan Pierson A New York state judge on Tuesday said U.S. President Donald Trump must face a defamation lawsuit by a woman...
Here Come the Mini-Flying Machines March 21, 2018 Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have found a way to combine utrathin electronics with miniature particles, moving...
Weinstein Co. Ends All Non-Disclosure Agreements, Files for Bankruptcy March 21, 2018 By Tracy Rucinski and Jessica DiNapoli U.S. film and TV studio The Weinstein Company, whose ex-Chairman Harvey Weinstein has been accused of sexual harassment and assault,...
Liability and Legal Questions Follow Uber Autonomous Car Fatal Accident March 20, 2018 By Tina Bellon The death of a pedestrian hit by a self-driving Uber vehicle in Arizona this week could offer a test of...
Startup Agency Gabi CEO: ‘We Don’t Want to Eliminate Agents’ March 20, 2018 By Hanno Fichtner Editor’s Note: On Feb. 21, Insurance Journal reported on online personal lines insurance startup Gabi’s latest fundraising. (Personal Insurance Site...
How Bad Was P/C Insurers’ Underwriting Loss in 2017? March 20, 2018 The U.S. property/casualty industry recorded a net underwriting loss of $23.5 billion for year-end 2017, according to preliminary results from...
Former Federal Insurance Chief McRaith Joins Blacsktone’s Insurer Investment Team March 20, 2018 Michael McRaith, former director of the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Federal Insurance Office (FIO), has been named managing director...
JLT Specialty USA Names Marsh’s Forbes as Senior Vice President for U.S. Property March 20, 2018 Global specialty broker JLT Specialty USA said it has appointed Josh Forbes as senior vice president with its U.S. property...
New European Privacy Rules (GDPR) Pose Major Challenge for Facebook March 20, 2018 By Douglas Busvine, David Ingram and Salvador Rodriguez Facebook faces substantial business risks from new European Union privacy rules set to take effect in May, a looming reality...