Watch Out Finance, Business, Tech Workers. Artificial Intelligence Is Coming. November 21, 2019 By Jeff Kearns Artificial intelligence is coming for America’s high-paid professions as it creates winners and losers across the labor market like never...
Report on California Workers’ Comp Shows Steady Independent Medical Review Activity November 20, 2019 More than 15,400 independent medical reviews a month are issued in California’s worker’s compensation system, according to a new report...
Markel Corp. Chairman Kirshner to Retire Next May; Steven Markel to Succeed Him November 20, 2019 Specialty insurer Markel Corp. announced that Alan I. Kirshner, the company’s executive chairman and chairman of the board, will retire...
California Commissioner Issues Emergency Notice to Expedite Wildfire Claims November 20, 2019 California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Wednesday issued an emergency notice to all property/casualty insurers doing business in California requesting...
Texas Windstorm Insurer’s Actuarial Committee Recommends 5% Rate Hike November 20, 2019 When the board of directors of Texas’ property insurer of last resort for wind and hail along the Texas coast...
AXA XL Launches Risk Innovation Incubator Called ‘Cube’ November 20, 2019 AXA XL Insurance launched Cube, a risk innovation incubator, a six-week program designed to enable risk managers to work alongside...
Attempted Cyberattack Disrupts Louisiana Government Websites November 20, 2019 Many of Louisiana’s state government websites and email systems were shut down because of what the governor’s office is describing...
More Acreage than First Thought Affected by North Dakota Keystone Pipeline Leak November 20, 2019 By James MacPherson A crude oil spill from the Keystone pipeline in eastern North Dakota has turned out to have affected almost 10...
Amid Scrutiny, Vice Chair of Iowa Insurance Pool to Depart November 20, 2019 The longtime vice chairman of an insurance pool for Iowa municipalities will not seek re-election, following scrutiny of its travel...
Outlooks Revised to Negative for Members of Texas’ Slavonic Mutual Group November 20, 2019 AM Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and...