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A Victory for J&J: Appeals Court Reverses $72M St Louis Talc-Cancer Verdict
Johnson & Johnson won its appeal of a $72 million verdict claiming its talc products cause ovarian cancer, as a Missouri appeals court found the case shouldn't have been tried in a St. Louis city ...
For Some CA Wineries, Insurance Wildfire Payments May Fall Short
Wineries damaged by wildfires tearing through Northern California are starting insurance claims, and at least some of the smaller vintners are likely to find limits in their policies mean payouts ...
Startup Lemonade Adds Firearms Coverage Restrictions, Citing ‘Social Good’
Online home and rental insurer Lemonade has said it is limiting its coverage for gun owners as part of its commitment to "make insurance into a social good." Citing the recent Las Vegas mass ...
As InsurTechs Make Waves, Consumers Still Trust Traditional Insurers More
InsurTechs are changing the face of insurance, Capgemini and Efma said, announcing results of a consumer survey last month in which nearly one-third of respondent said they now rely on InsurTechs. ...
A.M. Best Puts Carriers, Reinsurers on Review in Conjunction with BCRM Update
Insurance rating agency A.M. Best announced the publication of the updated Best's Credit Rating Methodology (BCRM) on Friday, and also announced the names of several insurance and reinsurance groups ...
‘Class of ’96’ IPO Analysis: Only 100 of 800 ‘Survived’ the Decade
Twenty years after the largest number of initial public offerings in one year took place, a new study from The University of Alabama's Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration ...
Insurance Industry Acquirers Underperformed in 2016: Willis Towers Watson
Research from Willis Towers Watson announced earlier this month revealed that insurers doing acquisitions in 2016 underperformed peers that stayed away from M&A. WTW used a performance measure ...
Allied World ‘Vaults’ Into High-Net-Worth Market
Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, GmbH and Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd. announced their investment in Vault, a new venture that caters to the high-net-worth personal insurance ...