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U.S. Commercial Lines Prices Up 5% in Q3: WTW
With the exception of directors & officers liability and workers compensation, nearly all lines of business in the U.S. continued to see rate increases in the third quarter of 2022, according to ...
What to Know About an Unlikely Vector for Cyber Threats: Household Pets
Pets can make a great addition to the family, bringing positivity and warmth to a household, but the digital devices associated with them could be a different story. While every fifth pet owner uses ...
EPL Exposures Redefined Post Pandemic: PLUS Panel
Post-Covid changes in the workplace have created a slew of new issues and exposures for employers. From the changing attitudes toward job flexibility and accommodations to the need for employee ...
Juul Agrees to Pay $1.2 Billion in Youth-Vaping Settlement
Juul Labs Inc. has agreed to pay $1.2 billion to resolve about 10,000 lawsuits targeting the e-cigarette maker as a major cause of a U.S. youth-vaping epidemic, according to people familiar with the ...
AmTrust: Mental Stress, Other Restaurant Injuries Up Since COVID
According to a new report by AmTrust Financial Services, while overall restaurant injuries are down, specific injuries, including crushing, fainting, inflammation, strains and mental stress are up ...
State Farm Still Dealing With Return of Its Workforce: CEO Tipsord
State Farm CEO Michael Tipsord said the nation's top property/casualty insurer will likely never be the same following the pandemic — and that may be a good thing. "I don't think we'll ever go back ...
Without Reforms, More Florida Insurers Will Go Kaput: AM Best
Late last week, AM Best published a commentary ahead of this week's special legislative session in Florida predicting that "without immediate and substantive long-term legislative reforms," further ...
Increase in Car Accidents? Blame Weather, Time of Day—Not Pot Decriminalization
Actuarial research released last week suggests that marijuana decriminalization is not associated with a notable increase in traffic accidents or accident severity. Temporal patterns of human ...