New York Sees Its Cyber Rules for Insurers as Model for Other States April 10, 2017 By Suzanne Barlyn A group of U.S. state insurance regulators should use New York’s sweeping cyber security rules as a model for how...
Insurtech Microinsurance Specialist, BIMA, Gets $16.8M Investment April 10, 2017 BIMA, the insurtech firm that offers microinsurance in emerging markets, announced the close of an investment of US$16.8 million by...
Chairman of China’s Insurance Regulator Investigated for ‘Severe’ Violations April 10, 2017 China’s anti-graft agency is probing the nation’s top insurance official Xiang Junbo as the government steps up a bid to...
Georgia Jury Awards $20.5M in Civil Suit Against Drug Maker April 10, 2017 A jury in central Georgia has awarded $20.5 million in damages to a retired teacher in her civil lawsuit against...
North Carolina Requests Nearly $1B from Congress for Hurricane Recovery April 10, 2017 By Martha Waggoner North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is seeking nearly $1 billion from Congress to help North Carolina counties still recovering from...
Stephens Insurance Appoints 4 to Lead New Alabama Office April 10, 2017 Stephens Insurance, LLC, an affiliate of Stephens Inc., has opened a property & casualty brokerage office in Birmingham, Ala. The...
Google Defends Employment Practices After U.S. Alleges Gender Pay Gap April 10, 2017 Government investigators looking into how Google pays its employees have accused the tech giant of shortchanging women doing similar work...
5 Pending Supreme Court Cases New Justice Gorsuch Could Influence April 10, 2017 By Lawrence Hurley Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s appointee to the U.S. Supreme Court who was confirmed by the Senate to the lifetime...
State Insurance Regulators Weigh Consumer Protections for Data Collection, Use April 10, 2017 By Joseph S. Harrington, CPCU, ARP The incorporation of big data from Internet-based sources is a defining feature of underwriting and rating in today’s property/casualty insurance...
Watchdog Group Wants California to Look into Claims in ProPublica Report April 7, 2017 Consumer Watchdog, a California-based advocacy group, is asking the state’s insurance commissioner to open an investigation into the alleged redlining...