As States Ease Mask Rules, Essential Workers Worry About Safety and Jobs March 10, 2021 By Leah Willingham, Anne D'Innocenzio and Michael Liedtke Leo Carney worries that bigger crowds and mask-less diners could endanger workers at the Biloxi, Mississippi, seafood restaurant where he...
Worldwide Broker Network Names Beecher Carlson’s Collins as CEO March 9, 2021 The Worldwide Broker Network (WBN), a global network of independent insurance and benefits brokers, has appointed Olga Collins as chief...
One80 Makes Cannabis Buy-in with Cannasure Insurance Services Acquisition March 9, 2021 Cannabis is getting bigger, and now insuring cannabis seems to be a bigger deal, too. The cannabis-focused insurance space can...
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions to Change Legal Structure for North America March 9, 2021 Swiss Re Corporate Solutions announced a plan to streamline the legal entity structure of its North American business. The changes...
Workers’ Compensation Remained Outlier as Commercial Prices Continued Rising in Q4 March 9, 2021 U.S. commercial insurance prices again grew significantly in the fourth quarter of 2020. Again, except for workers’ compensation. According to...
Auto Insurance Shopping Stabilizes, State-Level Competition Intensifies: J.D. Power March 9, 2021 By Tom Super As the country hits the one-year mark of the arrival of COVID-19, auto insurance industry trends are beginning to show...
EEOC Probes Facebook for ‘Systemic’ Racial Bias in Employment Practices: Reuters March 9, 2021 By Paresh Dave A U.S. agency investigating Facebook Inc. for racial bias in hiring and promotions has designated the probe as “systemic,” attorneys...
Insurers, Abuse Victims Blast Boy Scouts Reorganization Plan March 9, 2021 By Randall Chase The official committee representing child sex abuse victims in the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy has agreed to give the...
Fitch Sees 2020’s Personal Auto Insurer Profits as Unsustainable March 8, 2021 Highly profitable sub-90 personal auto combined ratios recorded by 10 publicly traded property/casualty insurers in 2020 don’t look anything like...
Demand for Travel Insurance Takes Off As More Destinations Require Coverage March 8, 2021 By Allison Lampert and Noor Zainab Hussain COVID-19 insurance policies are increasingly joining passports and sunscreen as vacation staples, creating opportunities for insurers as more countries require...