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U.S. States Reportedly Plan to Sue Facebook Over Alleged Antitrust Violations
A group of U.S. states led by New York is investigating Facebook Inc for possible antitrust violations and plans to file a lawsuit against the social media giant next week, four sources familiar with ...
Root Loses $85M, Secures P/C Shell Company for Further Growth
Root lost more than $85 million in its 2020 third quarter – its first as a public company following an initial public offering in October that raised $724.4 million. The Ohio-based digital auto ...
Recently we explored how specialty insurance markets emerge and the signals that help MGAs distinguish a lasting opportunity from temporary...
UK-Based Reinsurer Conduit Holdings Sees Stock Rise After $1.1B London IPO
Reinsurer Conduit Holdings Ltd. rose as it started trading in London after a 826 million-pound ($1.1 billion) initial public offering, the second largest by a British company on the London Stock ...
Legal, Cultural Backlash Likely to Prevent U.S. Employers From Mandating COVID-19 Vaccine
Private U.S. companies have the right under the law to require employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19, but are unlikely to do so because of the risks of legal and cultural backlash, experts ...
Shell Battles Dutch Court Suit Seeking to Drastically Cut Climate Emissions
Environmental activists took Royal Dutch Shell to court on Tuesday, demanding the energy firm drastically reduce the production of oil and gas to limit its effects on climate change. Seven activist ...
Rusty Pilots Making Flying Errors Are a COVID-19 Emerging Risk
On Sept. 15, an Indonesian flight carrying 307 passengers and 11 crew to the northern city of Medan momentarily veered off the runway after landing, sparking an investigation by the country's ...
Combined Ratios Still Better Than Breakeven Through Nine Months
In separate analyses published yesterday, both AM Best and Fitch Ratings reported double-digit drops in operating income for North American property/casualty insurers through nine months but said ...
P/C Tech Trends to Watch: CB Insights NExTT Framework
What's NExTT? It's a question that CB Insights analysts asked—and answered—in a recent report about trends in property/casualty insurance technology, finding that eight of the 17 emerging ...