| National | | A group of about 60 American businesses on Thursday urged their insurers to stop providing coverage to and investing in fossil fuel... | | Whether they are convinced that they absolutely need them or not, some reinsurers aim to try to put pandemic exclusions into casualty... | | Hurricane Sally is not expected to cause a major insurance loss - compared to events such as the ongoing wildfires in California, Oregon,... | | Hurricane Sally's historic flooding of Florida and Alabama this week marked the eighth named storm to strike the continental U.S. this... | | Four days before it was scheduled to go live, organizers of the popular annual insurance and technology conference, InsureTech Connect,... | | This "Is It Covered?" column will examine two real-life claims from the Dakotas involving frozen pipes - one personal lines and the other... | | Great American Insurance Group's Alternative Markets Division has launched a new program for golf and country clubs across the United... | | Beazley has restructured its Executive Risk leadership structure in the United States, which aims to support greater knowledge sharing... | | State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. is acquiring Dallas-based nonstandard auto insurer, GAINSCO, in a $400 million cash... | | The construction industry may emerge from the pandemic strong or relatively unscathed compared to other segments of the economy. But it also... | | Responding to a Carrier Management call for executive viewpoints, industry leaders told us how the pandemic has changed... | | More National News » |
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| | | Risk Analytics for Wildfire & Flood | | The past several years have seen increasingly severe flooding and wildfires in the US. Today's (re)insurance carriers and regulators need to actively manage this risk. | | | | RMS | |
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| East | | New York state filed civil charges on Thursday accusing Johnson & Johnson of insurance fraud for downplaying the risks of opioid... | | KMRD Partners has hired Greg Chaples to its team as a sales and relationship manager in its Warrington, Penn., office. KMRD Partners is a... | | Lower-middle-market private equity firm Huron Capital announced that its full-service insurance brokerage platform, High Street Insurance... | | More East News » |
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| Midwest | | The Kansas Supreme Court seemed worried on Sept. 16 about the proper roles of the Legislature and courts as it wrestled with whether a... | | Tenants who sued over "horrendous" living conditions at a Kansas City low-income housing development have been awarded $52 million in... | | Gallagher Bassett Services Inc. (GB), based in Rolling Meadows, Ill., has launched the GB Transportation Major Case Unit (MCU), a claims... | | A federal judge has approved legal settlements totaling $440,000 for people in South Dakota who were subjected to forced catheterizations... | | More Midwest News » |
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| | | Cloud-Native Core Insurance Systems | | Scalability, performance, and freedom. But what does it actually take to deliver a cloud-native core insurance system on one of the world's leading platforms? | | | | EIS Group | |
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| Southeast | | Hurricane Sally is not expected to cause a major insurance loss - compared to events such as the ongoing wildfires in California, Oregon,... | | GULF SHORES, Ala./HOUSTON - As an Alabama resident, Toby Wallace has seen his fair share of hurricane damage working for the U.S. Federal... | | In an effort to help insureds avoid falling victim to scams and abuse, as well as to speed up the claims process, Citizens Property... | | A foreman who oversees dock workers at Georgia's busy shipping terminal for automobiles said Tuesday he saw no problems as hundreds of... | | GULF SHORES, Ala., Sept 17 - 06:00 PM - The remnants of Hurricane Sally dumped more than a foot of rain over the U.S. Southeast on... | | More Southeast News » |
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| | | Business Income Insurance Demystified | | Business income coverage is arguably one of the most important coverages your commercial clients should have. Get THE book on the subject. | | | | Insurance Journal's Academy of Insurance | |
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| South Central | | The family of a woman who died after being held in an East Texas jail last year has filed a lawsuit against the company that runs the... | | Two St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, insurance producers have been hit with Cease and Desist Orders and fines for allegedly misappropriating... | | State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. is acquiring Dallas-based nonstandard auto insurer, GAINSCO, in a $400 million cash... | | More South Central News » |
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| West | | Rains may bring some reprieve to those suffering from massive blazes in the Pacific Northwest in the next few weeks, but forecasters... | | Crew members on a dive boat say they were never instructed on emergency procedures before a predawn fire swept through the vessel as it... | | Distinguished Programs has named Donna Percival a regional sales executive covering territories including Washington state, Oregon,... | | Most people in the cannabis space expect CBD to be big, but a new report highlights the potential of the cannabis product, which has some... | | Editor's note: This part of a series of profiles on cannabis brokers, in which Insurance Journal explores why and how these folks got... | | An Everett, Wash., construction company with a history of safety violations is facing fines of more than $230,000 after inspections at... | | More West News » |
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| International | | Speaking at one of the many virtual conferences that took place in early September, Dan Malloy, chief executive officer of Bermuda-based... | | Ciaran Martin, who stepped down as head of the UK's National Cyber Security Centre this month, will call on Boris Johnson's government to... | | Whether they are convinced that they absolutely need them or not, some reinsurers aim to try to put pandemic exclusions into casualty... | | The European Union's Brexit negotiator told the bloc's 27 national envoys to Brussels that he still thinks a trade deal with Britain is... | | Londoners are slowly returning to work in offices, factories and stores after children went back to school at the start of the month.... | | The Insurance Development Forum (IDF), a public-private partnership led by the insurance industry and supported by international... | | Convex Group Ltd., the specialty insurer and reinsurer, announce that Matt Paskin has been appointed as CEO of Convex Re Ltd. (Bermuda)... | | Former Bank of England Governor Mark Carney will join the advisory board of PIMCO, one of the world's biggest bond investment companies,... | | More International News » |
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| | | Understanding Business Income | | Business income coverage is arguably one of the most important coverages your commercial clients should have. Get THE book on the subject. | | | | Insurance Journal's Academy of Insurance | |
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| Insurance Journal Blogs and Columns | | This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. Though the COVID-19 pandemic is occupying most of our attention at the moment,... | | I recently learned about two separate times when families lost everything when their homes burned. These are tragic losses and... | | More Blogs » |
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| Research and Webinars | | | To say that the commercial insurance industry is experiencing a moment of massive, unprecedented transformation would be an... | | By 2021, the global renewable energy market is expected to reach $226.1 billion. In this white paper, we'll look at the current... | | Consumerization of health care has been known as an innovative way to reduce costs for health plan sponsors and provide more... | | Boost retention by reaching out at the right time with the right message. Auto insurance consumers are shopping more than ever... | More research and webinars » |
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