The Latest Launches From AXA XL and Everest Insurance
AXA XL's North America marine insurance business added to its inland marine coverage. Everest Insurance revamped its Multinational coverage form.***
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Carrier Lobbyists Argue Tax to Fund Wildfire Prevention Would Harm Insurance Consumers
Lobbyists for the property/casualty insurance industry are trying to prevent a $125 million jump in Washington's insurance premium tax that would fund wildfire prevention and suppression. The tax ...
London Stock Exchange Readies Operations for No-Deal Brexit
The London Stock Exchange said its pan-European platform Turquoise would shift trading in euro-denominated shares to its new Dutch hub if Britain leaves the European Union at the end of the week ...
This Time, J&J Wins Trial Involving Talc Cancer Claims
Johnson & Johnson won the latest trial over claims its iconic baby powder can cause cancer, as a jury in Long Beach, California, rejected a lawsuit brought by a 65-year-old retired teacher who ...
A Catastrophic Wildfire Fund Is Under Serious Consideration in California
Creation of a catastrophic wildfire risk pool is emerging as the most likely option as California lawmakers seek to protect the solvency of investor-owned utilities from record payouts for fire ...
QBE’s Zortman Is Joining AIG to Lead Its High Net Worth Customer Biz
A veteran of QBE Group and the old Fireman's Fund Insurance is joining AIG to lead its Private Client Group, a division that serves the insurance giant's high net worth customers. Kathleen Zortman is ...
Cosby Accuses AIG of Reaching Unauthorized Settlement in Sex Abuse Suits
Seven women who said Bill Cosby sexually assaulted them decades ago and then labeled them liars by denying it have settled defamation lawsuits against the imprisoned ...
Microsoft Insurer Fails to Recoup $175M from Xbox Chipmaker Hit by Fire
Microsoft Corp.'s captive insurer has lost its bid to recover $175 million in costs the software maker said it incurred in 2013 to replace memory chips that a manufacturer failed to deliver because ...
Finance Companies in the UK Make Little Progress in Reducing Gender Pay Gap
Women working in the U.K.'s financial-services industry are seeing little improvement in their pay parity with male colleagues, according to the latest batch of disclosures as this year's reporting ...