Innovation
Google to Face Obstacles Selling Insurance Online, Says Overstock.com CEO
Those now running comparison insurance shopping websites believe that they could be helped if Google enters into the business. The reason: the giant search engine could draw more attention to buying ...
GEICO to Launch National RV Tour, Starting With the Daytona 500
GEICO is Launching a national RV tour, starting with the Daytona 500 . The Berkshire Hathaway (and Warren Buffett)-owned company, which is also the second largest private passenger auto insurance ...
QBE North America Rolls Out M&A-Related Transactional Liability Practice
QBE North America is launching a new transactional liability practice designed for clients involved in mergers and acquisitions. The initiative reflects its latest expansion into other specialty ...
RMS Debuts Global Tsunami Scenario Catalog
RMS released a global tsunami scenario catalog to help insurers and reinsurers assess risks in high exposure regions they cover. The catastrophe modeling firm touted the catalog as the first of its ...
XL CEO McGavick: Employees Should Stay Put in Face of M&A Anxiety
XL Group Plc Chief Executive Officer Mike McGavick said employees who are worried about disruption from his company's planned purchase of Catlin Group Ltd. should think twice about jumping ship. ...
Willis Re Unveils Cybersecurity Risk-Measurement Tool
Reinsurance broker Willis Re on Tuesday launched a tool designed to help insurance companies gauge their portfolios' exposure to cybersecurity risks, the latest effort to develop a growing market ...
Uber Investor Google May Be Ramping Up Its Own Ridesharing Service
Uber faces an ever-growing cast of adversaries that includes dubious regulators, litigious drivers, hostile members of the press, and some well-funded rivals. But the most significant threat to the ...
Allstate Rolls Out Super-Fast, Same-day Claims Payment System
Allstate is launching a new electronic system capable of making same-day claims payments to a customer's bank account – a process enabled by an email address or cell phone. Allstate dubbed the new ...