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Two Business Groups Urge Govt. Agency to Probe Medical Funding Industry
Two business lobbying groups this week called on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to investigate the medical funding industry after a Reuters investigation revealed that private investors are ...
Conference Rewind: IIS Global Insurance Forum
One of the main events for insurance and reinsurance executives last quarter was the International Insurance Society's Global Insurance Forum, which took place in New York City in June. More than 500 ...
Progressive Insurance Survey: Millennials Want Fulfilling IT Jobs More Than Higher Pay
Progressive Insurance discovered one clue about millennials that could make it easier for carriers to bring them on board in the future: they're looking for fulfillment over money. That's ...
Fitch: U.S. P/C Insurer Results Mostly Unchanged in First-Half 2015
U.S. property/casualty insurers' operating performance remained largely unchanged in the first half of 2015 compared to the same period a year prior, with $25.5 billion in aggregate operating ...
A Strengthened Tropical Storm Erika Heads Toward Florida
Tropical storm warnings were in effect on Wednesday for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands as Erika, the fifth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, closed in on the Eastern Caribbean and ...
Investors Doubt Zurich’s Tentative $8.8B Offer for RSA Will Happen
Zurich Insurance Group AG's announcement that it's considering a 5.6 billion-pound ($8.8 billion) offer for RSA Insurance Group Plc is leaving investors in doubt that the takeover will happen at that ...
State Auto’s New CEO Makes Changes and Brings in New Blood
State Auto Financial Corp. is experiencing some of the first major executive and organizational changes since former Fireman's Fund CEO Michael LaRocco formally took over in May. A key element of ...
UK Broker Towergate Contributes to $31M Gallagher Lawsuit Settlement
The lawsuit filed by Arthur J. Gallagher against the former CEO of its international brokerage operation, David Ross, who defected to Towergate earlier in the year – has been settled for a payment ...