Safety Worry: Keeping Humans In and Around Autonomous Vehicles Engaged April 11, 2018 By Keith Naughton, Ryan Beene and Alan Levin After partially faulting Tesla Inc.’s automation system for a 2016 fatal crash, U.S. safety investigators last year called on carmakers...
CoverWallet Expands Presence in U.S. With Rochester Office April 11, 2018 CoverWallet, a small business insurance startup, has expanded its presence in the U.S. with a new office in Rochester, N.Y....
Markel Corporation Names Kenny Managing Director in Virginia Headquarters April 11, 2018 Markel Corporation has named Brian Kenny managing director of strategic customer growth. Kenny is based in Markel’s headquarters in Richmond,...
Massachusetts Auto Auction Where Five Died Assessed $200K in Penalties April 11, 2018 Federal workplace safety regulators say a Massachusetts auto auction where five people died when a vehicle careened into a crowd...
Police: GPS Failed to Warn Bus Driver Before New York Overpass Crash April 11, 2018 By Tom Hays The out-of-state driver of a charter bus full of high school students that crashed into a low-hanging overpass on a...
PERILS Issues Updated Industry Exposure Database for Australia, Europe & Turkey April 11, 2018 PERILS AG, the independent Zurich-based company that provides industry-wide catastrophe insurance data, has released a 2018 update of its Industry...
EPIC Holdings Names Beecher Carlson’s Denton as President April 11, 2018 EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants announced the addition of insurance industry veteran Steve Denton as president of its parent company...
China’s Ant Financial Targets at Least $8B in Investor Funding: Sources April 11, 2018 By Julie Zhu and Anshuman Daga China’s Ant Financial Services Group is in talks with investors to boost its fundraising target to at least $8 billion,...
Marsh Taps Adamantiadis from Oman Insurance as CEO of Middle East & Africa April 11, 2018 Marsh announced it has appointed Christos Adamantiadis as CEO of a newly combined Middle East and Africa region. The broker...
Barbican Launches Cyber Resilience Product Called ‘One-Step-Ahead’ April 11, 2018 Barbican Insurance Group announced the launch of a product partnership with two cyber risk management specialists to help insureds assess...