Safety Officials: Higher Speeds Causing More Traffic Fatalities in Illinois August 18, 2016 Safety and insurance industry experts say Illinois traffic fatalities are expected to pass 1,000 this year for the first time...
Americans Put Too Much Faith in Homeowners Insurance August 18, 2016 Too few Americans take steps to prepare for disasters and too many assume their home insurance policies will bail them...
July Continued Earth’s Record-Setting Hot Streak August 18, 2016 By Tom Randall As more than 100,000 Americans flee destructive wildfires in California and floods in Louisiana, earth sends yet another reminder that...
Could This New Drug Ease America’s Opioid Crisis? August 18, 2016 By Amrith Ramkumar So far, the fight against America’s opioid crisis has focused on treating addiction and curbing abuse. In February, President Barack...
Boston Insurance Brokerage’s Lynch Heads Opening of D.C. Office August 18, 2016 Boston Insurance Brokerage Inc. (BIB), a provider of commercial insurance, tapped Brian Lynch, vice president of high value personal lines,...
Guidewire to Acquire Massachusetts Software Firm FirstBest August 18, 2016 Guidewire Software Inc., a property and casualty insurance software provider headquartered in Calif., has entered into an agreement to acquire...
Natural Catastrophes Drive Global Insured Losses to $31B in H1: Swiss Re’s Sigma August 18, 2016 Global insured losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters during the first half of 2016 reached US$31 billion, or 44...
New Jersey’s Holman Insurance Services Acquires Risk Partners August 18, 2016 Holman Insurance Services LLC, a subsidiary of Maple Shade, N.J., based Holman Automotive Group Inc., has acquiredRisk Partners Inc., a...
New York’s Columbia University Faces $100M Lawsuit for Mismanaging Retirement Plan August 18, 2016 Columbia University was accused on Tuesday of mismanaging its retirement plan in a federal civil lawsuit that alleges $100 million...
Sompo Canopius Names Catlin’s Newman as CEO of APAC & MENA August 18, 2016 Sompo Canopius has appointed Mark Newman as chief executive officer Sompo Canopius Asia Pacific, Middle East and North Africa. He...