Free Shots, Cash Bonus, Firing. Employers Weigh How to Get Employees Vaccinated December 11, 2020 By Erwin Seba and Jessica Resnick-Ault U.S. workers could soon face choices such as free COVID-19 shots and a cash bonus if all get immunized, or...
FDA Expected to Quickly Approve Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine December 11, 2020 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it was working rapidly to issue an emergency use authorization for...
New Capital Entering Market Unlikely to Quickly Soften Rates: Vantage Risk CEO December 11, 2020 By L.S. Howard Greg Hendrick, the CEO and co-founder of the new reinsurance and insurance company Vantage Risk isn’t too concerned about the...
Zurich and Farmers Agree to Buy MetLife’s U.S. P/C Business for $3.94 Billion December 11, 2020 Zurich Insurance and Farmers Exchanges have agreed to buy MetLife’s U.S. property and casualty business for $3.94 billion, the insurers...
COVID, Economy, Social Inflation Warrant Negative Commercial Lines Outlook: A.M. Best December 11, 2020 U.S. commercial lines insurers will continue to be tarnished by an A.M. Best negative outlook, thanks to COVID-19 economic uncertainty,...
Next Insurance Buys Data Firm Juniper Labs to Enhance Workers’ Compensation Offering December 11, 2020 By Mark Hollmer Digital small business insurer Next Insurance has closed its first acquisition, buying Juniper Labs, a Denver-based provider of data and...
National Weather Service Sees La Niña Continuing Through March 2021 December 10, 2020 La Niña is likely to continue through the Northern Hemisphere winter, with a 95% chance it will continue from January...
Uber Asks States to Prioritize Delivery, Rideshare Drivers for COVID Vaccine December 10, 2020 By Tina Bellon Uber Technologies Inc. on Thursday sent letters to the governors of all U.S. states, asking for its ride-hail and food...
Insurers Ink $90 Billion in Merger Deals as They Pursue Post-Coronavirus Clout December 10, 2020 By Lucca de Paoli Insurers pummeled by the pandemic are looking to deals as they race to see who’ll emerge strongest when the outbreak...
U.S. Drug Advisory Panel Meets Today on Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine December 10, 2020 By Manas Mishra and Michael Erman A panel of outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is meeting on Thursday to weigh whether to...