Autonomous Car Makers Seek Investment, Risk Sharing Alliances August 9, 2017 By Edward Taylor and Paul Lienert BMW and Daimler, the world’s top luxury carmakers, have announced alliances with suppliers, talking up the virtues of having a...
National General Says It Acted Properly in Wells Fargo Insurance Business August 9, 2017 By Natasha Rausch National General Holdings Corp., the auto insurer that picked up business from Wells Fargo & Co. customers who didn’t realize...
Liberty Mutual Enhances Commercial Insurance Property Form August 9, 2017 Liberty Mutual’s has launched a new proprietary Premier Property Protector all-risk policy to accommodate all of a broker’s single carrier...
How Big Data Threatens Health Insurance: Viewpoint August 8, 2017 By Cathy O'Neil For all its absurdity, the debate over Obamacare has accomplished something positive: It has educated people that insurance is really...
Fatalities Rising as Coal Mine Production Increases August 8, 2017 By Tim Loh Ray Hatfield Jr. was six months into his latest coal job when he was crushed to death in a Kentucky...
Marijuana Task Force Undercuts Hard Line by Attorney General Sessions August 8, 2017 By Sadie Gurman The betting was that law-and-order Attorney General Jeff Sessions would come out against the legalized marijuana industry with guns blazing....
Wal-Mart, Liberty Mutual Insurers Settle Over Tracy Morgan Crash August 8, 2017 By Jonathan Stempel Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has settled a lawsuit by two insurers that sought to avoid covering its multimillion-dollar payout to comedian...
Updated Atlantic Hurricane Forecast Calls for More Storms as El Nino Fades August 7, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan Researchers again boosted the number of storms the Atlantic may produce before the hurricane season ends as a missing Pacific...
The Smaller the Small Business, the Bigger the Insurance Discontent: J.D. Power August 7, 2017 Not all small businesses are the same when it comes to customer satisfaction with their commercial insurance. There are actually...
Catastrophe Bond Market Breaks New Records in 2nd Quarter, 1st Half: Aon Study August 7, 2017 Catastrophe bond issuance during the second quarter stood at US$6.38 billion across 20 transactions – a new record for quarterly...