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Specialty E&S Insurer Upland Capital Makes Its Debut
Upland Capital Group has become the latest specialty insurance business in the marketplace. The Dallas-based operation plans to offer a diversified portfolio of excess and surplus lines casualty, ...
Tyson Foods Will Fork Over $221.5M for Chicken Price-Fixing Claims
Tyson Foods Inc said on Wednesday it will pay $221.5 million to settle litigation by three groups of plaintiffs that accused it of illegally conspiring to inflate chicken prices. The settlements with ...
Most Global Catastrophe Economic Losses Unaddressed by Insurance
There were 416 natural catastrophe events globally in 2020 that resulted in economic losses of $268 billion – 8% above the average annual losses for this century, according to insurance broker ...
2021 InsurTech NY Early-Stage Competition Looks to Bermuda
InsurTech NY and the Bermuda Business Development Agency are teaming up for the 2021 InsurTech Early-Stage Competition. Bermuda's lucrative reinsurance market could benefit from the arrangement, ...
Travelers Q4 Earnings Jump With Bigger Investment Returns, Lower CAT Claims
Property and casualty insurer Travelers Cos. Inc. reported a jump in quarterly profit that beat analysts' estimates on Thursday, helped by an increase in returns from investments and lower ...
P/C Industry COVID Survivor Warns About Pandemic Continuity Risks
In the wake of COVID-19, property/casualty insurance senior executives should consider deputizing underlings to completely take over if they become ill or incapacitated, a veteran insurance and ...
Ford Ordered to Recall 3 Million Vehicles Over Takata Air Bag Issues
Ford Motor Co. must recall 3 million vehicles with potentially defective driver-side Takata air bags, the U.S. auto safety regulator said on Tuesday, rejecting a bid by the second-largest U.S. ...
COVID-19 Reveals Urgent Need for Homeworker Protections
The dramatic global shift to remote working during COVID-19 lockdowns has underscored an urgent need for greater protections for homeworkers, many of whom are paid far less than those employed ...