Insurance Agency M&As Up 13% Thus Far in 2021: Optis October 19, 2021 There were 553 announced insurance agency mergers and acquisitions during the first three quarters of 2021, up from 490 in...
U.S. Auto Safety Agency Faces Backlog of Rules and Missed Deadlines October 19, 2021 By Hope Yen and Tom Krisher After their 16-year-old daughter died in a car crash, David and Wendy Mills wondered whether she would be alive if...
Out-of-Practice Airline Pilots Are Looking Error-Prone October 19, 2021 By Angus Whitley and Anurag Kotoky Back in the cockpit after time off recovering from Covid-19, an airline pilot forgot to start his plane’s second engine...
Kemper Proposes $17.6M Settlement of Data Breach Claims October 18, 2021 Kemper Insurance has proposed to settle a class action stemming from two data breaches in a deal valued at about...
Mobility Sector Will Need New Insurance Products to Continue to Grow: Marsh October 18, 2021 For the sharing economy and mobility sectors to continue to grow, they will need new forms of insurance, including programs...
U.S. Insurers’ Face ‘Minimal Exposure’ in China’s Evergrande Property Crisis October 18, 2021 By L.S. Howard The U.S. insurance industry faces only minimal exposure to land development companies in China as one of that country’s largest...
Lawmakers Introduce Liability, Competition Bills Targeting Giant Internet Firms October 18, 2021 By Anna Edgerton and Rebecca Kern The biggest U.S. tech companies would face new constraints under two bills announced Thursday after a month of revelations from...
Former Boy Scouts Official Tells Congress Group Still Protecting Secrets Over Kids October 18, 2021 By Randall Chase The former youth protection director for the Boy Scouts of America said Tuesday the organization is not doing enough to...
Benefits of Vaccine Mandates Outweigh Workers’ Comp Costs of Vaccine Injuries October 18, 2021 By Andrew J. Provines and Stephen R. DiCenso Vaccinations have served to significantly reduce the spread of COVID-19 in populations with high take-up rates, according to the Centers...
Industry Groups Meet at White House on Vaccine Mandate Rule October 18, 2021 By Nandita Bose and Tom Hals Several influential industry groups including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce met White House officials on Friday and raised concerns about...