Applied Underwriters Hires 3 from AIG to Lead New Fine Art and Collectibles Unit December 28, 2020 Insurer Applied Underwriters has named three executives from AIG’s Private Client Group to develop its new Applied Fine Art and...
Insurance Journal’s Top 10 (+1) Most Read Stories of 2020- National Region December 28, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson There were, of course, recurrent topics and themes– from the coronavirus to business interruption to cyber to acquisitions to the...
After Year’s Best IPO, Lemonade Insider Selling Lockup Expiration May Pressure Stock December 28, 2020 By Drew Singer The best-performing listing of 2020 is poised to enter the new year with extra volatility after insider selling restrictions expire...
SynchronoSure, American European to Offer General Liability for Small Trucking Firms December 28, 2020 Synchrono Group, doing business under SynchronoSure, and American European Insurance Group (AEIG) have expanded their partnership to include trucker general...
Can Insurance-Related Firms Compel Employees to Get COVID-19 Vaccination? December 28, 2020 By Bryan Johnson and Samuel Licker The long-awaited and highly anticipated COVID-19 vaccine is here. The first to arrive on the scene, from Pfizer-BioNTech, received emergency...
Insuring Cannabis Summit: Talking to Clients About Risk Starts with Education December 28, 2020 By Don Jergler Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles based on panels and presentations during Insurance Journal’s 2020 Insuring...
Drug Firms Win Court Bid Halting White House Rule Aimed at Lowering Drug Prices December 28, 2020 By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar A late-term maneuver by President Donald Trump to use lower drug prices paid overseas to limit some of Medicare’s own...
Smaller Websites Nervous Over Giant Facebook’s Support for Liability Reform December 24, 2020 By Todd Shields and Ben Brody Facebook Inc. says it’s time to rethink the legal immunity that protects it from lawsuits over what users post online,...
Social Inflation Lesson: Not Settling Cost Insurer Millions in Suit by Excess Insurer December 23, 2020 By Jim Sams The defense team for Chubb Group’s Ace American Insurance Co. was confident that no jury would award more than $2...
Google Adds Extra Scrutiny of Its Scientists’ Research on ‘Sensitive Topics’ December 23, 2020 By Paresh Dave and Jeffrey Dastin Alphabet Inc.’s Google this year moved to tighten control over its scientists’ papers by launching a “sensitive topics” review, and...