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SCOTUS Won’t Revive Wells Fargo Accounts Scandal Suit
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rebuffed a bid by current and former employees of Wells Fargo & Co to revive a lawsuit over losses to their retirement plan following a scandal over fake accounts ...
Allstate Books $1.4B Q1 Loss Over Life and Annuity Divestitures
Allstate lost more than a billion dollars during the first quarter, stemming from the sale of its life insurance and annuity business. But the company substantially boosted revenues based on ...
Metromile Will Let Customers Use Bitcoin to Buy Insurance, Get Claims Payments
Metromile plans to start letting customers use bitcoin to buy insurance or receive payments for insured claims, beginning later this year. The San Francisco-based InsurTech said the use of bitcoin ...
Hiscox Q1 Overall Growth Offsets U.S., Cyber Repositionings
Hiscox Ltd reported gross written premiums up 6.3 percent to $1,3 billion, with growth in Hiscox London Market, Hiscox Europe and direct and partnerships business more than offsetting planned ...
Cyber Attack Strikes Billion-Dollar Spanish Delivery Startup
A hacker broke into the systems of Spanish rapid-delivery startup Glovo last week, it said on Tuesday, without specifying what information might have been accessed. Valued at over $1 billion, ...
Liberty Mutual and TuSimple to Assess Autonomous Truck Safety
Liberty Mutual Insurance plans to work with TuSimple, a self-driving technology company, to assess if autonomous trucks are safer than human-driven vehicles. Specifically, the companies will compare ...
Global P/C Insurance M&A Activity Soared Even With Pandemic Obstacles: Conning
Global P/C insurance M&A activity was "surprisingly rigorous" in 2020 despite significant challenges created by the coronavirus pandemic, Conning said. Conning tracked $28.6 billion in ...
New FAA Rules Should Expand Commercial Use of Drones
New Federal Aviation Administration rules are expected to clear the way for expanded commercial use of drones, which are increasingly being used by insurers to assess property damage. The updated ...