Meta VR Rival Claims It Was Obliterated When Facebook Took Its Name July 19, 2022 By Evan Peng A Meta Platforms Inc. rival claims in a federal trademark infringement lawsuit that its business has been obliterated after Facebook...
Rossini, Suckerman Take New Roles Within Reshuffled AXA XL Cyber Unit July 19, 2022 AXA XL’s cyber insurance business announced the creation of two new roles and several regional underwriting management appointments. Rachel Rossini...
People Moves: Former Lexington Exec Heads to FutureProof; Hourly.io Hires From Markel; Leisz Joins Nationwide E&S; New CIO at Ryan Specialty July 19, 2022 San Diego-based FutureProof Technologies has hired Joseph Strickland as head of underwriting. He was previously senior vice president at AIG’s...
Personal Auto Results Slow to Recover; GEICO, Progressive to Pass State Farm July 19, 2022 With an overall combined ratio in excess of 100 for the first time since 2017, private passenger auto joined homeowners...
U.S. Senate Democrats Plan Bill Aiming to Restore ‘Net Neutrality’ July 19, 2022 By David Shepardson Two U.S. Senate Democrats active in internet issues are working on a bill to restore landmark “net neutrality” rules that...
Uber Settles Lawsuit Over Disabled Riders, Vows to Waive Fees July 19, 2022 By Susan Heavey Uber Technologies Inc. will pay more than $2 million and waive wait time fees for disabled passengers to settle U.S....
Analysis: State Farm Wins Again With Better J.D. Power Scores Than GEICO July 18, 2022 By Susanne Sclafane When Warren Buffett told Berkshire Hathaway investors that State Farm continues to dominate the large auto insurance carrier landscape during...
First Half Insurance Agency M&A Above 5-Year Average: OPTIS July 18, 2022 Agency consultancy OPTIS Partners said the pace of insurance agency mergers and acquisitions during the first six months of 2022...
Program Data Insurtech Noldor Raises $10M July 18, 2022 New York-based Noldor, said it recently closed on a $10 million seed funding round from a group of well-established insurance...
Log4j Software Flaw ‘Endemic,’ New Cyber Safety Panel Says July 18, 2022 By Alan Suderman A computer vulnerability discovered last year in a ubiquitous piece of software is an “endemic” problem that will pose security...