What to Expect for This Winter’s Weather Across U.S. October 20, 2016 Forecasters at the U.S. Climate Prediction Center issued their U.S. winter outlook today, saying that La Nina is expected to...
Snoopy to Retire from MetLife After 30 Years of Service October 20, 2016 By Katherine Chiglinsky MetLife Inc., the largest U.S. life insurer, will phase out the use of Snoopy and Peanuts characters in its marketing....
Travelers’ Q3 Results Hurt by Auto, Flood Claims October 20, 2016 By Jordyn Holman Travelers Cos., the sole property/casualty insurer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, posted its fourth-straight profit decline as weather-related costs...
Fast-Growing Insurance Matchmaker EverQuote Raises $23 Million October 20, 2016 Digital insurance matchmaker EverQuote Inc. reports that it closed a $23 million Series B investment led by Maryland-based Savano Capital...
Zenefits ‘Overly Optimistic’ in Revenue Projections October 20, 2016 By Eric Newcomer A lot has happened since Zenefits told investors last year that its already lofty projection for annual recurring revenue would...
More Insurers Disclosing Climate Change Risks, Report Shows October 20, 2016 By Don Jergler Insurers in the U.S. are increasingly willing to disclose their risk management practices related to climate change, and that in...
Could Allstate’s ‘5 Minute’ Small Business Policy Transform Commercial Lines Sales? October 19, 2016 By Andrew G. Simpson At a time when technology startups are also targeting the small commercial insurance market, giant Allstate has debuted a hi-tech...
Judge ‘Strongly’ Inclined to Approve Volkswagen $14.7 Billion Settlement October 19, 2016 By Kartikay Mehrotra and Margaret Cronin Fisk Volkswagen AG and car owners will likely secure a federal judge’s final sign-off on their $14.7 billion settlement as the...
9 Top Cyber Attacks Reported by Small Businesses; Most Still Unprotected October 19, 2016 Most small-business owners (78 percent) still don’t have a cyberattack response plan, even though more than half (54 percent) were...
First Consumer Class Action Filed Over Samsung Note 7 Smartphone October 19, 2016 By Chris Dolmetsch Samsung Electronics Co.’s woes over the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone have moved into the courtroom. Three people who bought the...