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Farmers Are at Risk if La Niña Emerges as Some Predict
The El Nino that has dominated global weather for more than a year has ended and may give way by the end of 2016 to a weak or moderate La Nina that can dry up crops in Brazil, soak them with rains in ...
CEO at Canal Insurance Resigns; Board Member Takes His Place
There's been a changing of the guard at Canal Insurance Co., a family-owned insurer based in South Carolina focused on commercial trucking and specialty transportation. Canal said that its board ...
AIR Worldwide: Unusual Circumstances Behind Floods in France, Germany, Belgium
Officials have only begun to tally economic and insured losses after widespread flooding hit much of France, Germany and parts of Belgium. But catastrophe-modeling firm AIR Worldwide said the ...
Judge to Uber: Did You Encourage a Private Investigator to Lie?
A federal judge wants to know whether Uber Technologies Inc. encouraged a private investigator to lie as part of a probe of a customer who sued over how the ride-hailing app sets fares. Connecticut ...
Insurers Could Learn From Amazon About Customer Satisfaction
Amazon.com scored its sixth annual victory in the 24/7 Wall Street Customer Service Hall of Fame last year, with 59 percent of customers reporting that they received excellent customer service from ...
S&P Sees Proposed Insurer Rules as Strong on Risk Management
Standard & Poor's said the Federal Reserve Board's proposed rules for insurers under its oversight are strong as far as risk management, but uncertainty remains as to other crucial details. "We ...
U.S. Treasury Reviewing Fosun’s Acquisition of Ironshore
United States authorities are conducting a review of China's Fosun Group's acquisition in November 2015 of Bermuda-based insurer Ironshore. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ...
Allianz Division Brings on AXIS/Chubb Hires to Grow U.S. Cyber Team
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty is the latest carrier to expand its cyber insurance arm in response to the fast evolving and growing risk. New hires from AXIS and Chubb will help round out ...