Chubb Weathers $1 Billion in Catastrophes, Gains New Business in COVID Economy in 3Q October 29, 2020 Chubb’s net income grew by 9 percent in the 2020 third quarter, which CEO Evan Greenberg credited to rate hikes...
How Much Insurance Groups Have Given to Trump, Biden and House, Senate Candidates October 29, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has received more funds from insurance industry political committees than President Donald Trump in this...
CoreLogic Engaged in Takeover Talks With CoStar, Warburg October 28, 2020 By Scott Deveau CoreLogic Inc. is in discussions with CoStar Group Inc. and a consortium consisting of Warburg Pincus and GTCR about a...
AI-Based Risk Score Predicts Prognosis of Outpatients with COVID-19 October 28, 2020 A new artificial intelligence-based score considers multiple factors to predict the prognosis of individual patients with COVID-19 seen at urgent...
Q3 Insurtech Fundraising Breaks Records, but Some Mid-Tier Firms See Funding Gap October 28, 2020 Insurtech funding saw the largest number of deals and the highest amount of funding since data recording into insurtech began,...
Startup Auto Insurer Root Raises $724.4 Million in IPO October 28, 2020 By Chibuike Oguh Automobile insurance startup Root Inc. sold shares in its initial public offering (IPO) on Tuesday at $27 apiece, above its...
Introducing: The Insuring Cyber Podcast October 28, 2020 Although National Cybersecurity Awareness Month is coming to an end this week, cybersecurity remains an ongoing focus for insurers particularly...
Twitter, Facebook, Alphabet Executives to Defend Liability Shield Before Senate October 28, 2020 By David Shepardson and Nandita Bose The chief executives of Twitter Inc., Facebook and Alphabet Inc. will tell U.S. lawmakers at a hearing on Wednesday that...
EPA Denies Ban; Permits Farmers’ Use of Dicamba-Based Weed Killers for Five Years October 28, 2020 By Tom Polansek The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday it will allow farmers to spray crops with weed killers based on...
Tyson Gets OK to Use Employees, Technology for Safety Inspections at Meat Plant October 28, 2020 By Tom Polansek Tyson Foods said on Tuesday it plans in January to have company employees take on duties from more than a...