Airlines Urged to Use Predictive Models, Data Sharing to Keep Skies Safe June 6, 2018 By Victoria Bryan and Jamie Freed Global airlines, coming off a record-low accident rate in 2017, need to guard against complacency over safety as heavy growth...
Lloyd’s Index Shows $92B at Risk in North American Cities Each Year June 6, 2018 By Don Jergler Cities in the U.S. and Canada stand to lose $92.96 billion per year to risks like market crash, cyber attack...
Republicans Eye Tax Law Fix for Sexual Harassment Settlements June 6, 2018 By Jeff Green and Sahil Kapur Republicans are considering a fix to a provision in their new tax law that they acknowledge could inadvertently penalize victims...
Co-Pay Tactic by Benefit Managers Credited with Cutting Prescription Drug Prices June 6, 2018 By Michael Erman and Caroline Humer A recently adopted tactic by U.S. health plans to limit the financial assistance drugmakers provide directly to consumers for prescription...
New Coalition Cyber Coverage for Real Estate Industry Targets Smart Buildings June 6, 2018 Coalition, a technology-enabled cyber insurance provider, has launched a new cyber insurance offering specifically designed to address emerging risks, such...
Congress Could Shrink Federal Insurance Office June 5, 2018 By Andrew G. Simpson Congressional efforts to curtail the federal government’s involvement in insurance regulation continue this week as a House panel is scheduled...
Most Commercial Insurance Prices Continued Creeping Up in May: IVANS June 5, 2018 Renewal premiums for a majority of standard commercial lines products continued to trend up in May, according to the latest...
FDA Says 12 Deaths Now Linked to Balloon Treatment for Obesity June 5, 2018 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday notified healthcare providers that it had received reports of five more deaths...
AmTrust, Lacking Votes, Reschedules Meeting on Contested Going-Private Plan June 5, 2018 By Andrew G. Simpson Lacking enough shareholder votes for approval, AmTrust Financial Services Inc. has postponed until June 21, 2018, the special meeting on...
J.D. Power: Why Lemonade’s Policy 2.0 Matters June 5, 2018 By Tom Super Recently, well-known insurtech start-up, Lemonade, announced the launch of a new product initiative called Policy 2.0. According to Lemonade, the...