Startup Agency Gabi CEO: ‘We Don’t Want to Eliminate Agents’ March 20, 2018 By Hanno Fichtner Editor’s Note: On Feb. 21, Insurance Journal reported on online personal lines insurance startup Gabi’s latest fundraising. (Personal Insurance Site...
How Bad Was P/C Insurers’ Underwriting Loss in 2017? March 20, 2018 The U.S. property/casualty industry recorded a net underwriting loss of $23.5 billion for year-end 2017, according to preliminary results from...
Former Federal Insurance Chief McRaith Joins Blacsktone’s Insurer Investment Team March 20, 2018 Michael McRaith, former director of the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Federal Insurance Office (FIO), has been named managing director...
JLT Specialty USA Names Marsh’s Forbes as Senior Vice President for U.S. Property March 20, 2018 Global specialty broker JLT Specialty USA said it has appointed Josh Forbes as senior vice president with its U.S. property...
New European Privacy Rules (GDPR) Pose Major Challenge for Facebook March 20, 2018 By Douglas Busvine, David Ingram and Salvador Rodriguez Facebook faces substantial business risks from new European Union privacy rules set to take effect in May, a looming reality...
Driverless Vehicle Makers Reach Feared Crossroad with Uber Fatality March 20, 2018 By Polly Mosendz, Mark Bergen and Dana Hull Last week, Waymo showed a video of people riding in its self-driving minivans. They thumbed their phones, yawned and one...
McDonald’s Offers to Settle Claims in Franchise Liability Case March 20, 2018 By Daniel Wiessner McDonald’s Corp. said on Monday it had agreed to settle a U.S. labor board case on whether the company is...
General Star Launches Allied Health, Churches & Schools Programs March 20, 2018 General Star Management Company has launched Allied Health and Churches & Schools Programs to be offered through Promont Insurance Advisors,...
Uber Halts Road Tests After Autonomous Car Hits, Kills Pedestrian in Arizona March 19, 2018 By Eric Newcomer and Mark Bergen Uber Technologies Inc. halted autonomous vehicle tests after one of its cars struck and killed a woman in Tempe, Arizona,...
State Commissioners Assist Puerto Rico Insurance Department March 19, 2018 The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) says that since January, 10 state insurance departments have sent more than 20...