The Hartford Reports Big Profit Gain in Q1; Record New Commercial Business May 2, 2018 By Andrew G. Simpson The Hartford reported a big rise in net income for the 2018 first quarter, crediting improved overall underwriting results, lower...
Amazon, Lowe’s, Tesla Make ‘Dirty Dozen’ Unsafe Workplace List May 2, 2018 Amazon, Lowe’s and Tesla are among the firms on a list of employers with unsafe workplaces published by a federation...
Insurtechs Haven’t Yet Made Impression on Public May 2, 2018 Insurtechs may be trying to transform how carriers, brokers and agents do business, but customers aren’t widely aware of their...
Dedicated DocuSign Investor Turned $18 Million Into $700 Million in 12 Years May 1, 2018 By Lizette Chapman The biggest winner of DocuSign Inc.’s long-awaited initial public offering isn’t well-known. The venture capitalist has never appeared on a...
Purviance Takes Helm from DeCarlo at AmWINS; Other Management Changes Take Effect May 1, 2018 Scott M. Purviance has officially succeeded M. Steven DeCarlo as the chief executive officer at specialty wholesale broker AmWINS Group....
U.S. Transportation Agency Sets Process for Approval of Drone Taxis May 1, 2018 By Alan Levin On-demand robotic flying taxis and drone deliveries are years away from reality, but the U.S. Department of Transportation has removed...
Beazley, Lloyd’s Broker, Bitfury Creating Blockchain Registry for Crisis Coverages May 1, 2018 By Suzanne Barlyn Insurer Beazley has partnered with three companies to build a blockchain-based registry that will manage insurance for crisis situations such...
Supreme Court to Consider Google Privacy Payments to Third Parties May 1, 2018 By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an internet privacy case involving Google that could put the brakes...
Crop Insurer NAU Country Insurance Enhances Crop Management Platform May 1, 2018 Iteris, Inc., a data firm focused on the transportation and agriculture industries, and U.S. crop insurance provider NAU Country Insurance...
Beazley’s Digital Weather Policy: Plain English and Personalized April 30, 2018 Specialist insurer Beazley has launched a digital insurance policy in the U.S. that can be customized and describes in plain...