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Commercial Lines InsurTech Bold Penguin Snatches Up E&S Brokerage Tech Platform xagent
Bold Penguin, a commercial insurance exchange technology platform launched in 2016, announced it has acquired xagent, an independent, single-entry, multi-quote platform for standard and surplus lines ...
The Hartford To Stop Insuring Coal Mining, Oil Extraction Operations
The Hartford, an insurer that has been previously recognized for its commitment to environmental stewardship, announced that it will take further steps in the effort by refusing to insure—or invest ...
Growing Evidence of Vitamin E Acetate Link to Vaping Ills
Most patients stricken in a wave of vaping-related injuries had vitamin E acetate in their lungs, U.S. health officials found, reinforcing a suspected link between the compound and an outbreak that ...
AP Feature: 2019 Problems With PG&E Not the First
The state senators grilling the CEO of Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. were upset—like millions of other Californians, some spent days in the dark when the nation's largest utility shut off power ...
NIST Study Finds Race Bias In AI Face Scanning Tech
Many facial recognition systems misidentify people of color more often than white people, according to a U.S. government study released on Thursday that is likely to increase skepticism of technology ...
Trump Signs Spending Bills with Flood, Terror Insurance Renewals Into Law
President Trump signed two government funding measures into law last week that included two provisions of interest to the property/casualty insurers: a reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance ...
Munich Re Buys a Madison Avenue NYC High-Rise
Munich Re Group plans to acquire a 39-story Madison Avenue high-rise in New York City. Buyer and seller declined to disclose the purchase price. CBRE advised the unnamed seller, and MEAG, which had ...
2019 Insured Losses Reach an Estimated $56B: Swiss Re
Global insured losses in 2019 dropped to an estimated $56 billion, from $93 billion in 2018 and below the annual average $75 billion of the previous 10 years, according to preliminary sigma estimates ...