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72% of Gulf Coast Homes Have Roofs Susceptible to Hurricane Damage: Report
Arturo released its inaugural report "Hurricane Exposure: The State of Gulf Homes" that analyzes more than 17 million homes across the South Central and Southeast United States ahead of a forecasted ...Sterling Jewelers Reaches $125M Settlement in Long-Running Sex Bias Case
Sterling Jewelers Inc. agreed to pay $125 million to roughly 68,000 female retail sales workers who sued the company 14 years ago alleging sex bias in pay and promotions, according to a press ...
Citizens Adds Thousands of Policies but Has Yet to Complete Reinsurance Needs
Two developments at Citizens Property Insurance Corp. show how tough the Florida market continues to be, even after recent legislative action. At a Citizens Market Accountability Committee meeting ...
Google Agrees to Pay $118M to Settle Pay Equity Suit
Alphabet Inc.'s Google agreed to pay $118 million to settle a gender discrimination lawsuit with about 15,500 female employees, law firms representing the women said in a statement. In addition, an ...
Howden Group to Acquire TigerRisk Partners to Create ‘Much-Needed’ Fourth Reinsurance Broker
Howden Group Holdings said it has created the "much-needed fourth global player in the reinsurance market" with an announcement it has acquired TigerRisk Partners to bolster the scale and depth of ...
House Committee to Hold Hearing on Soaring U.S. Traffic Deaths
A U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on Wednesday is holding a hearing on soaring American traffic deaths and efforts to build safer roads. Last year, traffic deaths jumped 10.5 percent to ...
AXIS Exits Property Reinsurance to Focus on Specialty; Leadership Team Restructured
AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. announced it has completed the shift of AXIS Re from property reinsurance to focus instead on casualty, specialty, accident and health, and credit lines. With the refocus ...
Supreme Court Refuses to Hear COVID Business Interruption Case
The U.S. Supreme Court decided Monday that it will not hear an appeal of a decision that denied coverage for losses caused by COVID-19 shutdown orders, effectively closing the last door for such ...