Indy 500 Drivers Race Past Talk of Their Insurance, Says Agent May 18, 2017 By Mark Alesia At least half of the Indianapolis 500 field will share more than steely nerves and a love of speed. They...
Alabama Workers’ Compensation Act to Remain in Place, For Now May 18, 2017 By Amy O'Connor Alabama’s workers’ compensation law, ruled unconstitutional by a county judge last week, will remain in effect for the immediate future....
PERILS Releases European Windstorm Catalogue (1979-2015) May 18, 2017 PERILS, the independent Zurich-based organization that provides industry-wide catastrophe insurance data, has released a storm catalogue containing the gust footprints...
Zurich Insurance Deploys Robots for Personal Injury Claims Handling May 18, 2017 By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi and John O'Donnell Zurich Insurance is deploying artificial intelligence in deciding personal injury claims after trials cut the processing time from an hour...
European Cyber Police Hunt for Culprits of Global Ransomware Attack May 18, 2017 By Kit Chellel Days after the global cyber attack, U.K. police are trying to figure out whether it was an established network of...
Markel to Set Up Munich-Based Subsidiary in Preparation for Brexit May 18, 2017 Markel Corp. announced it plans to apply for regulatory approval to establish an insurance company in Germany to ensure that...
Global Insurers Face High Compliance Costs with New Accounting Rules May 18, 2017 By Huw Jones Insurers in over 100 countries face a “once in a lifetime” accounting change from January 2021 with the introduction of...
Number of Florida Wildfires Tops 2,100 So Far This Year May 18, 2017 State officials say 170,000 acres in Florida have burned from wildfires since the start of the year. Florida Agriculture Commissioner...
Eastern Pacific Hurricane Season Starts Off Slowly May 18, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan The eastern Pacific hurricane season is starting off with a whimper. While one short-lived tropical storm developed off Mexico’s Pacific...
Republican Governors Have Own Ideas for Healthcare Reforms May 18, 2017 By Yasmeen Abutaleb A group of about a dozen Republican governors is pushing for its own set of national healthcare reforms, flexing its...