Transportation Insurer Lancer to Merge Into Core Specialty April 19, 2021 Commercial auto insurer Lancer Insurance Co. has agreed to merge with another specialty insurer, Core Specialty, where it will operate...
FDA Halts Vaccine Manufacturing at Plant Where Doses Were Wasted April 19, 2021 By Manas Mishra and Ankur Banerjee The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has asked Emergent BioSolutions Inc. to halt producing new materials for COVID-19 vaccines until...
P/C Insurers Need to Hike Key Commercial Rates Even More: A.M. Best April 19, 2021 The environment for many of the U.S. property/casualty (P/C) insurers lines remains competitive despite the need for rate increases for...
Telehealth Care Could Lead to More Follow-Up Visits April 19, 2021 Even before the pandemic, people with minor urgent health needs had started to turn to companies that offer on-demand video...
Proximity Protect Brokerage Targets Coworking, Flex Space Industry April 19, 2021 Workspace management software company Proximity Space Inc. has launched Proximity Protect, a specialty, nationwide insurance brokerage offering coverage for coworking...
Pandemic-Delayed Trials Over Drugmakers’ Marketing of Opioids to Begin April 19, 2021 By Nate Raymond and Brendan Pierson Four drugmakers, including Johnson & Johnson and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., will go to trial on Monday over claims they...
Auto Insurers Lead 2020 U.S. Property/Casualty Impairments: AM Best April 16, 2021 Seven insurance company impairments were identified in the U.S. property/casualty industry in 2020, with five of the seven involving auto...
Risk of COVID-19 Exposure on Airlines Drops when Middle Seats Are Empty: Study April 16, 2021 By Alan Levin and Mary Schlangenstein The risk of being exposed to the COVID-19 virus on an airline flight drops by as much as half when...
Many Climate Scientists Moving from Fieldwork to Jobs in Financial Services April 16, 2021 By Iain Withers, Carolyn Cohn and Simon Jessop LONDON – Environmental scientist Laura Garcia Velez cut her teeth on projects to help Ethiopian farmers insure crops for drought...