How Trump Policies Contribute to Dire Scenario for Workers’ Compensation March 26, 2018 By Andrew G. Simpson At a time when the nation’s workers’ compensation system is facing an aging workforce and a pending widespread labor shortage,...
Waymo Claims Its Driverless Car Would Have Avoided Uber’s Fatal Accident March 26, 2018 By Julie Ann Formoso The head of Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous driving unit, Waymo, said on Saturday that the company’s technology would have safely handled...
Revamp of Kentucky Workers’ Comp System Gets OK From State Senate March 26, 2018 By Bruce Schreiner Kentucky lawmakers are closing in on making the biggest changes to the workers’ compensation system in decades after the Senate...
South Carolina Insurance Dept. to Allow Employees to Bring Babies to Work March 26, 2018 One state agency in South Carolina is getting an early start on Bring Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day....
After Uber Crash, Florida Still Welcomes Free-Range Robot Cars March 26, 2018 By David Welch Florida has been trying to lure self-driving cars to the state for testing on public roads, shaping laws that are...
Federal Flood Insurance Renewed Through July But Reforms Stall March 25, 2018 By Ginger Gibson Advocates who have been pushing for renewal of the U.S. federal flood insurance programs in the wake of last year’s...
The Death of Underwriting and Underwriters March 23, 2018 By Chris Burand Underwriting is not dying. It is just being automated into digital algorithms versus analog human beings. Technology’s effect on life...
IAT Insurance Acquires Excess and Umbrella Business from Rockhill Insurance March 23, 2018 IAT Insurance Group (IAT) has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the renewal rights and certain associated assets for a...
Liquidation Order Issued for Auto Insurer with More Than 42K Policies in Pennsylvania March 23, 2018 By Elizabeth Blosfield A Texas court has issued an order of liquidation for Access Insurance Company, an auto insurer that has 42,785 policies...
Hamilton Re’s Chief Underwriting Officer Lefebvre to Leave Company March 23, 2018 Hamilton Re Ltd., the Bermuda platform for Hamilton Insurance Group, announced that Claude Lefebvre, chief underwriting officer, Partnerships & Casualty...