Demand for Travel Insurance Takes Off As More Destinations Require Coverage March 8, 2021 By Allison Lampert and Noor Zainab Hussain COVID-19 insurance policies are increasingly joining passports and sunscreen as vacation staples, creating opportunities for insurers as more countries require...
White House Warns of Hack of Microsoft’s Outlook Email Program March 8, 2021 By Jeff Mason The White House on Sunday urged computer network operators to take further steps to gauge whether their systems were targeted...
Crest Insurance Group in Arizona Adds Hay, IBG March 8, 2021 Crest Insurance Group LLC of Scottsdale, Ariz. has acquired IBG LLC and added Craig Hay. Terms of the deal were...
The 2021 Insurance Landscape for Surgeons in the Wake of COVID-19 March 8, 2021 By Max Schloemann This year is looking to be one of changes and big possibilities for surgeons. While 2020 brought declines in surgical...
Insurance Office of America Adds Hardin in Colorado March 8, 2021 Insurance Office of America has added Chris Hardin to its Mountain West team. Hardin joins the Denver, Colo., branch location...
Sierra Specialty Launches Nationwide Agribusiness Program March 8, 2021 Sierra Specialty has launched an agribusiness program now available in all 50 states. Sierra Specialty has sole authority to underwrite,...
Hacks of Microsoft Outlook Email Program Continue Despite Patch March 7, 2021 By Trevor Hunnicutt, Raphael Satter and Joseph Menn More than 20,000 U.S. organizations have been compromised through a back door installed via recently patched flaws in Microsoft Corp.’s...
Judge Permits Suit Alleging Geico Overcharged Drivers During Pandemic March 7, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel The auto insurer Geico Corp., a unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., must face a proposed class action claiming...
AccuWeather Raises Texas Damage, Loss Estimate from Winter Storm to $130B March 5, 2021 Damage costs and economic losses from the intense winter storm that hit the country in mid-February may rise to as...
Louisiana AG Backs $100M Deal in Freeport McMoRan Coastal Damage Suit March 5, 2021 By Melinda Deslatte and Kevin McGill Attorney General Jeff Landry has said he’s backing a $100 million settlement between a dozen coastal parishes and mining corporation...