Senators Seek Probe of Pharmacy Benefit Managers’ Pricing Practice April 9, 2019 By Anna Edney and Robert Langreth Two U.S. senators have asked the inspector general of the Health and Human Services Department to investigate a practice by...
Progress Report on California Workers’ Comp Independent Bill Review April 9, 2019 A progress report from the California Division of Workers’ Compensation on the state’s Independent Bill Review program shows seven of...
Chubb Names Kennett as Head of Financial Institutions for UK, Ireland and Global Mkts. April 9, 2019 Chubb has appointed Jonathan Kennett as head of Financial Institutions for the UK and Ireland and Chubb Global Markets (CGM),...
Michigan InsurTech Accelerator Welcomes 3 New International Startups April 9, 2019 Lansing, Michigan-based PROTO InsurTech, a business accelerator and equity investment fund led by Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP), said three...
AM Best: Most Homes in Midwest States Uninsured for Flooding April 9, 2019 In a commentary on the recent Midwest flooding, AM Best said the states hit hardest by these floods — such...
London’s Electronic Placing Platform Gains Traction, Binding More Than 50,000 Risks April 9, 2019 More than 50,000 risks have been bound on the London market’s electronic placement platform, with nearly 12,500 risks bound in...
When Cyber Attack Hit Norsk Hydro, It Was Already Handling a Major Upheaval: RMS April 9, 2019 By L.S. Howard When Norsk Hydro, one of the world’s largest aluminum producers, was hit by a major cyber attack in the early...
Wyoming’s Opioid-Related Deaths Low, But Still A Concern April 9, 2019 Opioid abuse and related deaths in Wyoming have not reached the crisis levels of some other states, but remain a...
Report Ranks California Top of Nation’s in Dog-Related Injury Claims April 9, 2019 A report from carrier State Farm shows it paid $123 million dollars for 3,280 dog bite and injury claims, last...
Insurers Oppose Premium Tax to Fund Washington’s Wildfire Prevention April 9, 2019 Lobbyists for the property/casualty insurance industry are trying to prevent a $125 million jump in the state of Washington’s insurance...