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Inside Out: How Exit Crime, Insider Threats Create Challenges for Insurers
There has been a lot of talk about how insurance companies are increasingly falling victim to outside cyber attacks, but the risk of insider threats can be just as scary and perhaps a little more ...
Over-The-Road Trucker Beats IT Consultant in Job Growth: Indeed Report
The online job site, Indeed.com, posted a list of the top jobs of 2022 last last week, finding that registered nurse positions ranked first in employer demand, salary (using a baseline annual salary ...
Digital Trucking MGA Koffie Raises $11M, Plans 10-State Expansion
A Brooklyn, N.Y,-based managing general agency for the trucking and transportation sector has closed an $11 million Series A funding round, bringing the company's total funding to date to $15.5 ...
Opposing Stories from Insurers, Consumer Groups On Smoke Damage
Insurers and consumer advocates are conveying conflicting messages as both try to focus public attention on smoke damage claims. Mercury Insurance issued a press release Friday warning that an ...
Wildfire Victims, Environmental Groups to Developers: Stop Building
Preston Brown knows the risk of wildfire that comes with living in the rural, chaparral-lined hills of San Diego County. He's lived there for 21 years and evacuated twice. That's why he fiercely ...
Are MGAs Winning the Insurance Talent War?
With more than 1,000 managing general agents writing roughly $70 billion in direct premiums last year, researchers at Conning believe one growth driver is the fact that the MGA model attracts talent. ...
Personal Auto Results Slow to Recover; GEICO, Progressive to Pass State Farm
With an overall combined ratio in excess of 100 for the first time since 2017, private passenger auto joined homeowners in unprofitable territory last year, prompting carriers to respond with pricing ...
Wildfires in Europe: ‘Climate Change Affects Everyone’
Authorities across southern Europe battled on Sunday to control huge wildfires in countries including Spain, Greece and France, with hundreds of deaths blamed on soaring temperatures that scientists ...