Top Insurance Journal East Stories of 2017 December 29, 2017 By Elizabeth Blosfield As 2017 wraps up, Insurance Journal is looking back on some of its most popular stories of the year while...
Allianz Buys 49% Stake in General Insurance Businesses of UK’s LV= December 29, 2017 Allianz Group announced it has acquired a 49 percent stake in Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society’s UK general insurance businesses, the...
QBE Insurance Settles Shareholder Class Action in Australia for US$103.2M December 29, 2017 By L.S. Howard QBE Insurance Group Ltd. has agreed to pay A$132.5 million (US$103.2 million) to settle a shareholder class action in Australia....
Canada’s Alberta Province Charges Nexen Energy After 2 Workers Die in Explosion December 29, 2017 Canada’s Alberta province has brought eight charges against Nexen Energy, a unit of China’s CNOOC Ltd., after two workers died...
China’s Fosun Plans to Raise $3.2B to Boost Domestic M&A: Sources December 29, 2017 By Bloomberg News Fosun Group is planning to raise as much as 21 billion yuan ($3.2 billion) selling local bonds as the Chinese...
Top Insurance Journal Midwest Stories of 2017 December 29, 2017 By Stephanie K. Jones A bad broker, classic cars that got destroyed in a fire and insurer rating downgrades were among the most widely...
Assignment of Benefits Abuse Tops Florida News for 2017 December 29, 2017 By Amy O'Connor Florida’s ongoing battle with assignment of benefits (AOB) claims abuse was not a new topic in 2017, but it was...
Top Insurance Journal South Central Stories of 2017 December 29, 2017 By Stephanie K. Jones Among the most read news stories in Insurance Journal’s South Central region during 2017 concerned Hurricane Harvey and Texas hailstorm...
Top Insurance Journal West Stories of 2017 December 29, 2017 By Don Jergler Trade secrets and Hippos, lawsuits and tragedies. The news for 2017 didn’t seem to be dominated by a single trend...
2017 ‘One of Worst’ for U.S. Weather with 15 Events Costing $1 Billion or More December 29, 2017 By Jim Efstathiou Jr. and Brian K. Sullivan In the year that President Donald Trump pulled out of the Paris accord and downplayed global warming as a security...