Commercial Lines
Liberty Mutual Sees Net Income Expand, Underwriting Margins Improve
Liberty Mutual Holding Company reported an increase in net income for its 2019 first quarter, thanks to improved underwriting margins and fewer catastrophe losses. The Boston-based insurer booked ...
Lloyd’s Invests in AI Startup Developing Liability Insurance Platform for Small Businesses
Lloyd's announced it is investing in Layr, a cloud-based commercial insurance platform for small businesses looking to purchase liability insurance. The investment follows Layr's successful trial in ...
Cryptocurrency Exchange Giant Reports Hack Attack
Binance, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, said hackers withdrew 7,000 bitcoins worth about $40 million via a single transaction in a "large scale security breach," the latest in a ...
Zurich Insurance Said It Will Meet or Beat Its 2019 Financial Targets
Zurich Insurance is on track to meet or beat its financial targets to 2019 and is seeing positive trends in property and casualty (P&C) insurance pricing. Europe's fifth-biggest insurer made the ...
Progressive Introduces Insurance Comparison Quoting Platform for Small Business Owners
Ohio-based national insurer Progressive has joined the ranks of carriers offering small businesses a platform to buy insurance quickly and simply. The insurer's new online BusinessQuote Explorer ...
Brexit Could Hamper EU AI Technology Development: Official
The loss of the U.K.'s financial power and expertise as a result of Brexit is likely to exacerbate the European Union's lag in the global technological arms race, according to Anders Borg, a former ...
J&J Reportedly Will Fork Over $1B to Resolve Most Metal-Hip Suits
Johnson & Johnson agreed to pay about $1 billion to resolve most lawsuits claiming it sold defective metal-on-metal hips that ultimately had to be removed, according to people with knowledge of ...
Lawsuits Accuse Two U.S. Solar Firms of Workplace Racism
Two residential solar companies have now been accused in separate lawsuits of discriminating against African American employees in warehouses. Six former employees of New Jersey-based Momentum Solar ...