Young Insurance Agents Taking the Lead in Digital Marketing August 15, 2018 By Tom Wetzel Thousands of discussions, debates and arguments are taking place in agency offices across the country between principals and ambitious young...
Monsanto’s ‘Junk Science’ Appeal of Roundup Verdict Faces Long Odds August 15, 2018 By Tina Bellon Bayer AG unit Monsanto faces long odds on an appeal blaming an “inflamed” jury and “junk science” for a verdict...
Tower Hill Specialty Expands Into 5 New States, Adds Carrier August 15, 2018 Tower Hill Specialty, a managing general agency based in Ohio, has begun offering property insurance policies in Georgia, Indiana, Ohio,...
Exxon Loses Bid to Nix Investors’ Suit Over Climate Change Disclosure August 15, 2018 By Tom Korosec Exxon Mobil Corp. must face a lawsuit by investors who blamed a drop in the company’s shares on the disclosure...
Extraordinary Re’s Extraordinary Idea for Trading Insurance Risks Like Stocks August 15, 2018 By Russ Banham Imagine there’s a way for institutional investors to trade insurance risks much like they trade stocks. Well, imagine no more....
Build vs. Buy an Agency: Organic Growth in Rising Interest Rate Environment August 14, 2018 By David W. Tralka Now that interest rates are rising again, it’s time to re-examine whether buying an insurance agency is the smart choice...
Icahn Halts Bid to Block Cigna’s Takeover of Express Scripts August 14, 2018 By Scott Deveau Activist investor Carl Icahn has dropped his fight to block Cigna Corp.’s $54 billion acquisition of Express Scripts Holding Co....
Tesla CEO Musk Just Made It Easier for Shareholders to Sue: Viewpoint August 14, 2018 By Alison Frankel On Monday morning, six days after Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted that he was thinking about taking the company private...
XL Catlin Expands M&A Underwriting Team with Khalidi and Jensen August 14, 2018 XL Catlin insurance operations recently added Naveed Khalidi and Michelle Jensen to its team of Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) insurance...
Workers’ Compensation Insurers Face Rise in Motor Vehicle Accidents August 14, 2018 Although there has been an overall decline in workers’ compensation claims, the frequency of claims for motor vehicle accidents has...