RMS CEO White: Embracing Change in a Transforming Industry March 19, 2020 By L.S. Howard During her career, Karen White, the CEO of RMS, has had a front-row seat to observe what happens with companies...
Insurance Will Help But NCAA Faces Loss of Millions Due to Lost Tournament March 19, 2020 By Ralph D. Russo The NCAA made more than $1 billion last year, almost $867 million from the men’s Division I basketball tournament, and...
Spring Forecast: 65% Chance of No El Niño or La Niña March 18, 2020 There is about a 65% chance that neutral weather conditions will prevail in the Northern Hemisphere this spring with no...
AIR Worldwide Estimates COVID-19 Global Deaths Could Rise 10K-30K by End of March March 18, 2020 AIR Worldwide, the Boston-based catastrophe risk modeling firm, projected the number of severe cases of COVID-19 could range between 200,000...
AM Best to Test Insurers for Coronavirus Impact; Fitch Lowers Allstate Outlook March 18, 2020 Ratings firm AM Best said it is developing stress testing that it will conduct on its rated insurance companies’ balance...
P/C Insurers Score Low for Innovation, While Reinsurers Do Better: AM Best March 18, 2020 By Susanne Sclafane In an initial test of its new innovation assessment scores, AM Best found that only 1 percent of rated property/casualty...
Investor Suit Alleges Pharma Company Made False Claim of COVID-19 Vaccine March 18, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson Pennsylvania-based Inovio Pharmaceuticals is the target of a planned class action lawsuit alleging it falsely claimed it has developed a...
Study Finds Bias Against Job Candidates Motivated by Pay, Benefits March 18, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson People with work they are passionate about say it doesn’t even feel like a job. But that doesn’t have to...
Uber, Lyft to Halt Shared Rides to Help Limit Coronavirus Spread March 17, 2020 By Tina Bellon Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. Tuesday began suspending shared rides on their ride-hailing platforms in the United States and...
U.S. Agency Rewrite of Rules Will Speed Up Arrival of Self-Driving Cars March 17, 2020 By David Shepardson The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Tuesday it was proposing sweeping changes to U.S. safety requirements to speed...