California Governor Wants to Block PG&E’s Bankruptcy Plan January 24, 2020 By Michael Liedtke California Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging a federal judge to reject Pacific Gas and Electric’s blueprint for getting out of...
Entering and Exiting Digital: What’s Up with Multi-Brand Strategies of P/C Insurers? January 24, 2020 By Tom Super Two of the largest property/casualty insurers in the U.S., Allstate and Nationwide, made headlines recently when they announced shifts in...
New Coronavirus Outbreak: Marsh Recommends Immediate Steps for Multinationals January 24, 2020 The effects on multinational businesses from a potentially worsening Wuhan coronavirus outbreak could be severe, which is why they need...
New Jersey Apartment Complex Fire Damages Dozens of Units January 24, 2020 A fast-moving fire roared through a southern New Jersey apartment complex, damaging dozens of units but causing no injuries, authorities...
Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Charges Insurance Adjuster in $722K Theft January 24, 2020 The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office (DAO) has charged insurance adjuster Michael R. Shelly with insurance fraud, forgery, theft by deception...
The Hilb Group Acquires Maryland’s Martens Johnson Insurance Agency January 24, 2020 The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Maryland-based Martens Johnson Insurance Agency Inc. (MJIA). The transaction became effective January 1,...
Uber Goes to Washington. Autonomous Cars with Humans to Collect Data in D.C. January 24, 2020 By David Shepardson Uber Technologies Inc. will put self-driving vehicles on Washington, D.C. roads Friday with human drivers in control, the ride share...
Uber in London Failed to Flag Assault Complaints, Monitor Drivers’ Insurance Status January 24, 2020 By Giles Turner London’s main transportation regulator has released a scathing document detailing why it moved to ban Uber Technologies Inc. from operating...
Insured Losses from Australia’s Hailstorms Hit US$352.5 Million January 24, 2020 The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has declared a catastrophe for damage caused by hailstorms that struck eastern Melbourne, the...
As Insurers Pull Back from Australia’s Bushfire Zones, They Could Become Uninhabitable January 24, 2020 By Matthew Burgess Australian wildfires that have razed thousands of homes and blackened an area about the size of England may also create...