26% of Natural Disaster Economic Losses in 2016 Were Insured: Aon Benfield Cat Report January 17, 2017 Overall, just 26 percent ($54 billion) of overall economic losses caused by natural disasters worldwide during 2016 were covered by...
Charity First to Move Nonprofit Program to Nova Casualty Co. January 17, 2017 Property and casualty program manager Charity First has announced plans to transition its nonprofit and social service business to Nova...
Study Links Truck Drivers’ Health to Crash Risk January 17, 2017 Commercial truck drivers with three or more medical conditions double to quadruple their chance for being in a crash than...
Hearst Media Buys Work-Loss Data Institute January 17, 2017 The giant media firm Hearst has acquired Work-Loss Data Institute (WLDI), a provider of healthcare data and guidelines to the...
Supreme Court to Decide If Employee Arbitration Clauses Are Enforceable Nationwide January 17, 2017 By Robert Iafolla The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider whether companies can head off costly class action lawsuits by forcing...
Tech Firms Collecting Data: How Much Do Consumers Know or Care? January 17, 2017 By Heather Somerville Nearly every technology startup wants the same thing: more data. But in the rush to collect all manner of information...
Trump Says He Has Plan for ‘Insurance for Everybody’ to Replace Obamacare January 16, 2017 U.S. President-elect Donald Trump aims to replace Obamacare with a plan that would envisage “insurance for everybody,” he said in...
Maritime Program Group Expands Into Additional Ocean Marine Classes January 13, 2017 Maritime Program Group, Inc. of Westbrook, Conn., has expanded their ocean marine programs to include a new underwriting facility targeting...
U.S. and EU Reach Agreement on Insurance Regulation January 13, 2017 By Andrew G. Simpson United States and European Union negotiators say they have reached an agreement on reinsurance and insurance regulation. The agreement covers...
U.S. Charges Chrysler with Diesel Emissions Cheating January 13, 2017 By Jamie Butters and Ryan Beene Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV was accused of violating pollution laws with 104,000 diesel vehicles, sending the shares plunging on the...