Timeline: From Teen to Octogenarian, How Buffett’s Wealth Has Grown May 2, 2016 By Ben Taylor In 2016, it’s easier than ever to play the financial markets. From the explosion of online brokers to the rise...
Express Scripts Has Plans to Deal with High Drug Prices May 2, 2016 Express Scripts Holding Co. plans to introduce several benefit programs aimed at fighting high drug costs, including speeding up how...
Liability Insurers Win Right to Question NFL Executives, Doctors in Concussion Cases May 2, 2016 By Chris Dolmetsch National Football League executives may for the first time have to testify about what they knew of concussion risks after...
Chubb Insurance Policy Eases Financial Costs for Victims of Cyber Bullying May 2, 2016 By Amy Tennery Anyone who has had embarrassing photos posted on social media or been deluged with angry messages can attest to the...
The Hartford Profit Fell 30% in Q1 Due to Higher Auto Losses, Lower Investment Income April 29, 2016 By Andrew G. Simpson The Hartford reported disappointing personal lines result for the first quarter of the year, which along with decreased investment income...
QBE North America Promotes Burkhart to Head of Specialty Management, Professional Liability April 29, 2016 QBE North America has promoted John Burkhart to senior vice president and head of Management Liability & Professional Lines (MLPL)....
How Model for Preventing Workers’ Chronic Pain Claims Was Born April 29, 2016 By Denise Johnson In response to rising chronic pain claims, Travelers announced the development of a new patent-pending predictive model designed to identify...
Large Insurers Eager But Cautious About Drone Insurance Market April 29, 2016 A growing number of insurance companies envision a large, robust insurance market for liability and property coverage associated with drone...
Young Consumers More Trusting of Autonomous Vehicles: J.D. Power April 29, 2016 Trust in automation technology including driverless cars is very much age dependent, as younger consumers have a notably higher level...
Why People Overestimate the Risk of Black Swan Events April 29, 2016 By Noah Smith, Bloomberg Opinion In his 2007 book “The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable,” finance writer Nassim Nicholas Taleb attempted to...