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Tech Firms Under More Scrutiny and Unhappy with Their D&O Insurance

With premiums rising and carriers narrowing their terms and conditions, technology companies’ satisfaction with their directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance has plummeted in 2021. Insurance broker Marsh found in a new study that only about 45 percent of customers …

It’s Time to Rewrite The Rules That Make U.S. Roads So Deadly: Viewpoint

A 25-year-old Yale Law student. A crossing guard. A 78-year-old woman. A high-school teacher. These are but four of the pedestrians and bikers counted among the 310 motor-vehicle-related deaths seen in 2020 in Connecticut, where I live. Our state saw …

Gen Xers Pass Boomers in Wealth; Inequality on Basis of Race Persists

Crammed between the cultural extremes of the baby boomers and the millennials, members of Generation X saw their wealth jump during the Trump administration and through the coronavirus pandemic as they hit their prime earning years during a record bull …

2020’s P/C Insurance Industry Results and What They Mean for 2021

The most recent tallies of financial results by rating agency analysts reveal that the property/casualty insurance industry weathered the storms of catastrophe losses and COVID, with one segment actually reporting better combined ratios and higher income than in 2019. A …

RPS, AXIS Insurance Launch Coverage for Home-Based Businesses

E&S wholesale broker and managing general agency Risk Placement Services (RPS) has launched an insurance product for home-based businesses with AXIS Insurance that is available to purchase online. The quote-bind-issue Home Based Business product offers customized coverage designed specifically for …

Regulators, Watchdog at Odds With Insurance Actuaries Over Withdrawn Documents

A task force of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners is asking the board of directors of the Casualty Actuarial Society to reverse a decision rescinding a “statement of principles” of the profession, Carrier Management recently reported. The CAS action …

Global Insurers Paid $89 Billion for Natural, Manmade Disasters in 2020: Swiss Re

Natural and man-made catastrophes cost the insurance industry US$89 billion in 2020, in the fifth costliest year since 1970, according to a report from Swiss Re’s sigma. Of that total, US$81 billion related to claims from natural catastrophes, with the …

Insurance Technology: Marble Opens Up Wallet; AXA Funds Idelic’s Analytics; Markel Backs Counterpart Platform

Insurtechs focused on consumer management of insurance policies and commercial fleet analytics are expanding their reach following funding rounds. Also, a new platform for offering management liability insurance to small firms debuts with backing from Markel. Marble Digital insurance policy …

Despite Soy Rally, Farmers Bet on Corn Backed by High Crop Insurance Guarantee

CHICAGO— A 45% rally in soybean prices in 11 months was not enough to convince South Dakota farmer DuWayne Bosse to give up any corn acreage on his farm this spring. “For our farm, we are looking at maxing out …

Boeing Directors Seek Dismissal of Investors’ Lawsuit Over 737 MAX Safety

Boeing Co. asked a Delaware court to throw out a shareholders’ lawsuit over the safety of its 737 MAX following fatal crashes, saying the board engaged in “robust and well-established” oversight of jet’s development. In an amended complaint unsealed in …

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