Social Responsibility
U.S. Black Farmers Sue to Ban or Place Product Warnings on Roundup Weedkiller
A group of Black U.S. farmers filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday, seeking to force Bayer AG to either stop selling its widely used weedkiller Roundup or roll out new product warnings. The National ...
COVID-19 Moves Global Festival Promoting Insurance Diversity Online
An international festival designed to promote diversity and inclusion in insurance is going virtual for its 2020 global gathering. Dive In debuted in London in 2015 as an outgrowth of ...
Taking Bigger, Broader Steps Toward Diversity
Beyond diversifying their advertising, some say that companies can do far more than they previously have to fight discrimination and support social justice. Carriers including State Farm, Chubb, AIG ...
The New ‘Jake From State Farm’
FROM THE ARCHIVES: A VINTAGE CARRIER MANAGEMENT ARTICLE FROM 2020 The new campaign starts with the original advertisement, where a middle-aged, mildly overweight ...
Citing Social Justice, Root Pledges to End Credit Scoring for Auto Insurance Pricing
Root Insurance pledged to eliminate the use of credit scoring from its car insurance pricing model by 2025, a move the InsurTech said will help remove bias and discrimination from the process. ...
Black Lives Matter Protests Spur AIG Promise to Develop Equality Action Plans
AIG CEO Brian Duperreault said the insurer is taking steps to address racial equality and improve diversity – issues raised globally by examples of police brutality and the Black Lives Matter ...
Chubb CEO Greenberg Laments U.S. Govt. Covid-19 Setbacks, Promotes Diversity Initiatives
Chubb's employees have begun to return to their offices in many countries around the world as governments have brought the coronavirus pandemic under control. That's been a problem in the United ...
AXA XL Makes Americas, UK and Lloyd’s Exec Appointments in Ongoing Restructuring
AXA XL's plan to revamp the structure and focus of its Insurance unit continues with a number of new leadership promotions and new hires in the Americas and also the UK/Lloyd's market. AXA XL's new ...