Viewpoint: What Insurance Industry Should Acknowledge About Small Business Cyber July 30, 2019 By Josh Ladeau The 2018 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report cited that 58% of cyber-attack victims were small businesses, and the 2019 Symantec...
Capital One Reports Data Breach of 100 Million Accounts; Suspect Arrested July 29, 2019 By Uday Sampath Capital One Financial Corp. said on Monday personal information including names, addresses, phone numbers and credit scores of about 100...
AXA XL, Vindati to Offer Ocean Cargo Insurance Via Online Platform July 29, 2019 AXA XL’s U.S. marine insurance business and Vindati, an insurtech managing general underwriter (MGU) offering specialty products and an integrated...
High Levels of Global Insurtech Investments Continued During Q2: WTW July 29, 2019 Insurtech investment worldwide continued at high levels during the second quarter of 2019, marking the fourth consecutive quarter during which...
Schools, Lawmakers, Tech Firms Trying to Curb Rising Cyberbullying July 29, 2019 By Sally Ho Rachel Whalen remembers feeling gutted in high school when a former friend would mock her online postings, threaten to unfollow...
Alex and Ani Jeweler Alleges Lending Gender Bias by Bank July 29, 2019 By Chris Dolmetsch, Bloomberg and Polly Mosendz A few short years ago, jewelry maker Alex and Ani LLC was the public example of a happy Bank of...
Judge Reduces $2 Billion Roundup Jury Verdict to $86 Million July 29, 2019 By Tina Bellon A California judge on Thursday reduced a $2 billion jury verdict, slashing the award for a couple who blamed Bayer...
Insurer Pulls Plug on Socially-Conscious Investment Platform Targeting Millennials July 29, 2019 By Emily Chasan In 2017, Pacific Life Insurance Co. introduced a socially conscious, online investing platform tailored to thirtysomethings eager to use their...
From Confined Spaces to Big Buildings, Drones Take On Riskiest Jobs July 29, 2019 By Jack Pitcher Here’s a job any worker would be happy to pass off to a drone: Imagine crawling down a ladder into...
Costs, Underinsurance Bigger Challenge Than Uninsured in U.S. Health System July 29, 2019 By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar America’s much-maligned health care system is covering 9 out of 10 people, a fact that hasn’t stopped the 2020 presidential...