Commercial Lines
P/C Software Company Duck Creek Technologies Makes an Acquisition
Duck Creek Technologies, a tech outfit that provides cloud services and software for the property/casualty industry, has made an acquisition in a bid to broaden its product offerings. The Boston, ...
Volkswagen Faces Legal Test in Germany Over Emissions Scandal Compensation
German consumer rights champion myRight filed the first legal test case against Volkswagen in Germany on Tuesday, raising pressure on the carmaker to compensate customers in Europe over the emissions ...
Judge Slashes $1B J&J Hip Implant Award Verdict in Half
A U.S. judge almost halved the award in a December jury verdict that ordered Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy Orthopaedics unit to pay more than $1 billion to plaintiffs in six lawsuits who said ...
A First for the Nation: New York’s Crime Insurance Reg Kicks in This July
New York State's Department of Financial Services (DFS) in December issued a new regulation that prohibits insurance companies from denying commercial crime insurance coverage to New York businesses ...
25 Reinsurers Join $1B NFIP Reinsurance Program
The federal government's National Flood Insurance Program has secured more than $1 billion in reinsurance from 25 global reinsurers to help it weather major storms. Participating reinsurers include ...
2016 Cat Bond Issuance Nears 2015 Levels, Drops From 2014 Heights
A strong fourth-quarter rally helped make 2016 catastrophe bond issuance only slightly lower than the year before, according to the Property Claims Services unit of Verisk Insurance Solutions. But ...
Reinsurers Can Expect Another Difficult Year: Willis Re
Despite a 50 percent increase in insured losses from natural catastrophes during 2016, the global reinsurance industry achieved profitable results for the third quarter and remains on track to close ...
Carpooling Apps Could Eliminate Need for Taxis: MIT
Using carpooling options from rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft could reduce the number of vehicles on the road 75 percent without significantly impacting travel time, a new study by MIT found, ...