5 Insurtechs Working to Improve Agency Processes, Efficiency August 26, 2019 By Amy O'Connor Independent insurance agents can find sifting through the many insurtech products to pinpoint ones suited to their needs is a...
Newly-Launched CAC Specialty Combines Insurance Brokerage with Investment Banking August 26, 2019 Alabama-based specialty insurance broker Cobbs Allen is forming CAC Specialty, a combined specialty insurance brokerage and investment banking platform to...
Amazon Joins Walmart in Claiming Fire Risk with Tesla Solar Panels August 26, 2019 By Dana Hull and Matt Day Walmart Inc. isn’t the only corporation that has seen its Tesla Inc. solar panels catch fire. On Friday, Amazon.com Inc....
Health Officials Report First Death They Believe Is Linked to Vaping August 26, 2019 By Anna Edney and Michelle Fay Cortez An Illinois resident has died after being hospitalized with a severe respiratory illness that health officials believe is linked with...
P/C Insurers’ First-Half Underwriting Income Drops; Downgrades Outpace Upgrades: A.M. Best August 26, 2019 The U.S. property/casualty industry’s net underwriting income declined by 9.6% to $4.8 billion in the first half of 2019, compared...
Amazon Sued by Publishers Claiming Audible Text Service Violates Copyright August 26, 2019 Amazon.com Inc.’s Audible was sued by some of the top U.S. publishers for copyright infringement on Friday, aiming to block...
Fake Claims, Price Gouging, Bogus Contractors: How Fraudsters Steal Disaster Aid August 23, 2019 By Natalie Anderson, Jake Goodrick and Peter Nicieja As the scale and frequency of major disasters escalate, millions of dollars in federal, state and insurance payments intended for...
Motor Vehicle Accident Fatalities Decline August 23, 2019 The four-year upward trend in motor vehicle deaths that began in 2015 is ebbing, with the number of fatalities in...
U.S. Lawmakers Urge Regulators to Treat Cloud Services as Players in Financial System August 23, 2019 By Pete Schroeder Two U.S. lawmakers have called on a top financial regulatory panel to consider direct oversight of the cloud services big...
China Tops List of U.S. Cybersecurity Agency’s Top Risks August 23, 2019 By William Turton A newly created U.S. cybersecurity agency said Thursday that China represents the greatest strategic risk to the U.S., and as...