Hospital’s Ransomware Attack Exposes New Risk for Muni-Bond Issuers February 6, 2020 By Mallika Mitra Hackers have finally done what bond issuers may have feared most from cyber criminals. A ransomware attack on Pleasant Valley...
LP Insurance Services Adds Kitowski in California February 6, 2020 LP Insurance Services LLC has named Peter Kitowski to the Sacramento, Calif.-area team. Kitowski has more than 30 years of...
Researchers Create Extreme Weather Early Warning System from ‘Obsolete’ Tool February 6, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson Rice University engineers have created a deep learning computer system that taught itself to accurately predict extreme weather events, like...
A Tale of Two Californias: Managing Wildfire Risk in the Year 2030 February 6, 2020 By Chris Folkman For most of the 20th century, the insurance industry considered wildfires to be little more than a benign nuisance. They...
Phantom Auto Theft Claim Results in Charges Against Washington Man February 6, 2020 Dale Maki, of Usk, Wash., was charged in Pend Oreille Superior Court with one count of false claims or proof...
Axa in Talks to Sell Eastern, Central European Business to Austria’s Uniqa February 5, 2020 By Jan-Henrik Förster and Eyk Henning Axa SA is in advanced talks to sell its central and eastern European operations to Austria’s Uniqa Insurance Group AG,...
Britain’s Insurance Sector Urged to Compete by Selectively Diverging from EU Rules February 5, 2020 By Huw Jones A senior official from Britain’s insurance sector on Wednesday laid out the case for selective divergence from EU rules to...
15 Homes in Kentucky Evacuated After Semi-Truck Crash Causes Hazmat Spill February 5, 2020 A semi-truck crashed Monday morning and began leaking a flammable liquid, leading emergency crews to evacuate about 15 homes in...
Last Chance to Participate in the 2020 Agency Salary Survey February 5, 2020 Would you like to know where agency salaries and total compensation ranks today? Find out by completing this year’s exclusive...
Insurance Technologies Corp. Acquires Agency Matrix of Georgia February 5, 2020 Insurance Technologies Corporation (ITC), a provider of websites, marketing, comparative rating and management software and services, has acquired Agency Matrix,...