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Valen Analytics Releases New ‘Risk Score’ for Workers Comp Insurers
Valen Analytics, a provider of proprietary data, analytics and predictive modeling to help insurers manage and drive underwriting profitability, has announced its new Risk Score for workers ...
Chicken Producer, London Insurers Beak-to-Beak in Product Recall Battle
Foster Farms and its London insurers are facing off over the definition of "product recall" as the poultry producer seeks payment of $14.2 million in claims arising from a government-mandated ...
FAA Drafting Rules to Open Skies to Small Drones
The U.S. air safety regulator is drafting rules to permit small drones to be used for commercial purposes, a step toward allowing remote-control planes and helicopters to be deployed for everything ...
Lawson to Succeed Subramaniam as CEO of FM Global in 2015
FM Global announced Thursday that Executive Vice President Thomas A. Lawson will succeed Shivan S. Subramaniam as chief executive officer, effective Jan. 1, 2015. For now, Lawson has been appointed ...
CoreLogic: 6.5M U.S. Homes at Risk From Storm Surge
More than 6.5 million homes along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts are at risk of storm surge inundation, representing nearly $1.5 trillion in total potential reconstruction costs, according to ...
PwC Must Face $1B Lawsuit Related for Role in MF Global Collapse: Judge
A federal judge on Wednesday rejected PricewaterhouseCoopers' request to dismiss a $1 billion lawsuit accusing the auditor of providing bad accounting advice that contributed to the October 2011 ...
ISO Joins With IDT911 to Analyze Cyber Risks
IDT911 (Identity Theft 911) has become the vendor of choice for data-breach avoidance and remediation services for the ISO Businessowners Program, ISO said Wednesday, announcing a strategic ...
Tower Group Shareholders to Vote on ACP Re Merger in August
Tower Group International's shareholders will finally get their chance to approve or reject a merger agreement with ACP Re, months after the proposed deal was first announced. The Bermuda insurer and ...