Insurance Industry Kept Promises to Hurricane Victims; Now Tested by Wildfires November 16, 2018 By Tom Super Between the devastating wildfires in California and the destructive forces of Hurricanes Florence and Michael on the East Coast earlier...
Jobless Ranks May Be Inflated by Millions of Gig Workers November 16, 2018 By Katia Dmitrieva The hardest people to pin down in America’s labor market may be the gig workers: How many hours do they...
ProWriters Launches Online Cyber Insurance Portal November 16, 2018 ProWriters has launched Cyber Insurance Portal exclusively for insurance agents and brokers that is designed to streamline the insurance comparison...
Nationwide Insurance Cutting 1,000 Jobs November 15, 2018 Nationwide intends to eliminate the jobs of about 1,100 employees across the country _ around 3.6 percent of its workforce....
Carbon Copies of Flo, Jake, Gecko Join Climate Change Protest at NAIC Meeting November 15, 2018 By Don Jergler An angry Flo, an unusually sullen Jake, a less-than cheeky Gecko and a hawkish duck stood outside the National Association...
Ambulatory Centers’ Surgery Costs Below Hospitals’, Workers’ Comp Research Finds November 15, 2018 There is new evidence that ambulatory surgery centers are less expensive for certain surgeries than hospitals. Payments for similar knee...
Safety Board Hearing Probes Fatal Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Explosion November 15, 2018 By Diane Bartz and David Shepardson The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board opened an investigative hearing on Wednesday into the fatal engine explosion on a Southwest...
Markel Completes Acquisition of Investment Manager Nephila November 15, 2018 Specialty insurer Markel Corp. has completed its acquisition of Nephila Holdings, an investment manager specializing in reinsurance risk. According to...
Bipartisan Senate Bill Would Regulate Proxy Advisors November 15, 2018 By Michelle Price Six U.S. senators on Wednesday introduced a bill that would require the U.S. securities watchdog to directly regulate firms such...
Cyber Expert Says Industry Over-Complicates Cyber Insurance November 15, 2018 By Don Jergler Cyber insurance is relevant to every type of business but the insurance industry needs to make it simpler so that...