Why Europe Should Not Force Talking Cars to Speak Same Language Now: Viewpoint April 12, 2019 By Alex Webb If you’ve bought a new car lately, chances are it has some basic communication skills. One day, cities and highways...
Assignment of Benefits Reform Moves Forward as Florida House Passes Measure April 12, 2019 By Amy O'Connor and Elizabeth Blosfield Assignment of benefits reform legislation progressed in the Florida legislature yesterday. Lawmakers passed House Bill 7065, one of two key...
Fitch Warns Bond Insurers After Court’s Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Ruling April 12, 2019 By Karen Pierog A U.S. Appeals Court ruling last month in Puerto Rico’s bankruptcy led Fitch Ratings on Thursday to place seven city,...
Canada Insurer The Co-operators Buys Robinson & Associates Insurance Brokers April 12, 2019 Canadian insurer The Co-operators announced it has purchased Robinson & Associates Insurance Brokers in Niagara Falls and Ridgeway, Ontario. Financial...
Insurance Industry Must Wake Up to Costs of ‘Secondary’ Catastrophe Perils: Swiss Re April 12, 2019 By L.S. Howard The insurance industry must wake up to the growing cost of “secondary” catastrophe perils, which amounted to more than 60...
Rhine River Could Be Impassable to Ships this Summer if European Drought Returns April 12, 2019 By William Wilkes Germany’s Rhine River could be impassable to ships again this summer if Europe has another drought, a once-rare weather phenomenon...
Don’t Count on Home Insurance to Cover Cost of Rebuilding: Viewpoint April 12, 2019 By Liam Denning Own a home? No doubt you’ve insured it. Very sensible of you. But if that home were, say, burned to...
Young Small Businessowners Don’t Like Insurance Agents. Uh, Not Really. April 12, 2019 By Mark Hollmer Patricia Ross, Raphael Strumlauf and Kate DeNeveu each have at least one thing in common: They’re generally happy with their...
U.S. State Department Adds Kidnapping Risk to Travel Advisories April 11, 2019 The risk of being kidnapped or taken hostage is being added to the travel advisories issued by the State Department....
California Written Workers’ Comp Premium Down, Quarterly Report for Last Year Shows April 11, 2019 California written premium for 2018 was 4 percent below 2017 and 6 percent below 2016 as recent declining premium rates...