El Nino May Return as Pacific Ocean Shows Signs of Warming January 30, 2014 By Phoebe Sedgman and Eko Listiyorini An El Nino weather pattern, which can parch Australia and parts of Asia while bringing rains to South America, may...
Guevara Joins MarketScout as Fine Arts Lead Underwriter January 30, 2014 MarketScout said that Alice Guevara has joined MarketScout to lead the firm’s new national fine arts and collectibles underwriting facility...
Senate Begins Amending Bill to Halt Flood Insurance Rate Increases January 30, 2014 By Andrew G. Simpson The Senate has begun adopting amendments to the bill (S.1926) that seeks to delay flood insurance premium increases called for...
House Passes Farm, Crop Insurance, Food Stamps Bill January 29, 2014 By Alan Bjerga The U.S. House passed and sent the Senate a much-delayed bill to set agricultural policy for five years, as a...
W.R. Berkley Q4 Profit Declines 21% to $130M; Underwriting Improves January 29, 2014 By Young Ha W. R. Berkley Corp. reported $130.38 million in net income for the 2013 fourth quarter, a 21 percent decline compared...
MMD Insurance to Offer Protection from Denied Claims for Cannabis Businesses January 29, 2014 MMD Insurance Services has launched products completed operations with health hazards coverage and removed the “marijuana and its derivatives”, explicitly...
Court Dismisses Ex-AIG CEO Greenberg’s Bailout Lawsuit Against New York Fed January 29, 2014 By Jonathan Stempel A federal appeals court upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit by former American International Group Inc Chief Executive Maurice “Hank”...
What Consumer Credit Data Reveals About Auto Insurance Shoppers January 29, 2014 Customers with lower credit-based insurance scores shop most frequently while consumers with the highest insurance scores are less likely than...
Optical Insurer VSP Vision Care to Cover Google Glasses January 29, 2014 By Anna Edney Google Inc.’s glasses, computerized eyewear that enables users to check e-mail or listen to music, will be covered by the...
Bipartisan Farm Bill Increases Crops Insurance, Trims Food Stamps January 29, 2014 By Eric Beech Editor’s Note: The House of Representatives passed the bill this morning. For the update, read here. House and Senate negotiators...