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P/C Insurers Blocking Their Own Roads to Innovation
Property/casualty insurers face a number of external obstacles on the road to delivering more innovative products and reimagining their operations, but the ones that really get in the way come from ...
Lloyd’s: Drone Industry Threatened by Cyber Attacks, Reckless Pilots and Privacy Breaches
Cyber attacks, reckless pilots and privacy breaches are fundamental threats to the drone industry's success, viability and risk management, according to a new Lloyd's report. Dubbed "Drones Take ...
Towers Watson: Top Talent + Analytics Will Help Advance Claims Operations
Large numbers of U.S. property/casualty insurers say they're struggling to attract and keep talented claims operations employees. They're also still figuring out how to best leverage analytics to do ...
Uber’s Background Checks Missed Convicts: California Prosecutors
California prosecutors have broadened their civil lawsuit against popular online ride-sharing service Uber, alleging that its background checks missed people previously convicted of murder and sex ...
China’s Ping An Insurance Sees Profit Soar, Thanks to Investment Gains
Ping An Insurance (Group) Co., China's second-largest insurer, said profit jumped 62 percent in the first half of this year as a stock-market rally boosted investment returns. Net income rose to 34.6 ...
Costco Sued for Misleading Consumers About Slave-Harvested Shrimp
Costco Wholesale Corp. was sued for selling farmed shrimp from Thailand, where slave labor and human trafficking in the fishing industry are widespread, and allegedly misleading U.S. consumers about ...
Rising Sea Level Boosts Risk to U.S. Coastal Cities of Hurricane-Related Flood Damage
Rising sea levels in the coming years will create heightened risk of severe economic damage from hurricane-related flood in U.S. coastal cities, RMS asserted in a new report. The catastrophe modeling ...
Fitch Upgrades Rating for American Family Insurance
Wisconsin's American Family Insurance is the beneficiary of an upgrade from Fitch Ratings, thanks to such factors as strong capitalization and favorable reserves. Fitch said it upgrade the mutual ...