Willis Towers Watson, Tech Firm Roost to Form Home Telematics Testing Consortium May 31, 2017 Global insurance consultant Willis Towers Watson is partnering with technology firm Roost to establish a claims data sharing consortium to...
Why 27% of U.S. Firms Have No Plans to Buy Cyber Insurance May 31, 2017 A full 50 percent of U.S. firms do not have cyber risk insurance and 27 percent of U.S. executives say...
High Agency Valuations ‘Not a Fad,’ MarshBerry Exec Tells Conference May 31, 2017 By Don Jergler Valuations of insurance agencies are as high as they have ever been and there does not appear to be any...
What Liability Insurance Restatement Final Approval Delay Means May 31, 2017 By Randy Maniloff It had been expected by many that, after seven years of arduous work, the American Law Institute’s “Restatement of the...
New Bond ETF Rules Expected to Attract Investments from Insurers May 31, 2017 By Suzanne Barlyn and Trevor Hunnicutt BlackRock Inc. expects $300 billion in new money from insurers to flood into the already booming bond exchange-traded fund sector...
Supreme Court Limits Where Injury Lawsuits Against Firms Can Be Brought May 30, 2017 By Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday tightened rules on where injury lawsuits may be filed, handing a victory to corporations...
Patriot National Exploring ‘Strategic Alternatives’ May 30, 2017 The board of directors of Patriot National Inc. has formed a new special committee of independent directors to review a...
3 Fossil Fuel Groups Drop Bid to Join Teens’ Climate Change Lawsuit May 30, 2017 By Emily Flitter Three fossil fuel industry groups dropped their attempt to intervene in a court case over climate change this week after...
AmTrust Gets $300M Boost from CEO’s Family May 30, 2017 By Sonali Basak AmTrust Financial Services Inc., the provider of workers’ compensation insurance, surged in New York trading after members of the chief...
Insurer USAA Caught in Hannity TV Advertising Controversy May 30, 2017 By David Bauder Financial services firm USAA, facing a backlash to its decision to pull advertising from Sean Hannity’s show on Fox News...