Workers’ Comp Costs and Benefits Decline as a Share of Payroll: Study October 4, 2017 By Andrea Wells Workers’ compensation employer costs as a share of payroll declined in 2015, reversing a four-year trend, and benefits as a...
AIG to Sell Medical Stop-Loss Operations to Tokio Marine HCC October 4, 2017 Tokio Marine HCC plans to acquire the medical stop-loss operations of American International Group (AIG). Neither side is disclosing financial...
Insurtech Pie Insurance Eyes Slice of Workers’ Comp Market with $4.3M Funding and Pricing Tool October 4, 2017 By Andrew G. Simpson Oddly-named Pie Insurance took an initial step toward entering the workers’ compensation insurance market at the InsureTech Connect conference in...
Why the Insurance Industry Needs a Toothbrush and Other Notes from Record-Breaking InsureTech Connect Conference October 4, 2017 By Andrew G. Simpson Insurance company employees wondering where all their bosses are this week should not be worried. It’s a good bet the...
Where Trump’s Regulatory Rollback Is Having Impact October 4, 2017 By Julia Harte When disaster hits the chemical plants in Port Arthur, Texas, triggering fires like those that flared in the wake of...
Senators Quiz Wells Fargo CEO, Express Doubt Bank Will Change Ways October 4, 2017 By Patrick Rucker and Dan Freed U.S. senators slammed Wells Fargo & Co. Chief Executive Tim Sloan on Tuesday for his handling of a massive sales...
Safety Groups Oppose Autonomous Driving Bill Backed by Car Makers October 4, 2017 By David Shepardson A coalition of auto safety advocates criticized a bill before the U.S. Congress that would allow automakers eventually to sell...
Driver Concerns Over the Future of Autonomous Vehicles: AIG Study October 3, 2017 Safety of the vehicles, including the risk of hacking, are key concerns when it comes to autonomous vehicles, according to...
Social Issue Investors Pressuring Employers on Pay Equity and Paid Leave Policies October 3, 2017 By Emily Chasan Investors focused on social issues are finding that trickle-down diversity doesn’t work. For years, they surmised that having enough women...
States May Copy California’s Law to Give Employees Right to File Class Actions October 3, 2017 By Josh Eidelson This week, the U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether employees have the right to bring class actions against their bosses....