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Executives On The Move at Nationwide, CLARA Analytics and CAS
Nationwide named its new chief marketing officer and beefed up the responsibilities of its chief strategy officer to cover innovation-related nitiatives. CLARA Analytics, a provider of artificial ...
Adjuster’s Comment About ‘Homeys’ Enough to Allow Discrimination Claim to Proceed
A claims adjuster's comments about "homeys" and "you people" when talking to a South Chicago property owner were enough to merit further proceedings on a discrimination claim against State Farm Fire ...
Rising Drought Risk Spurs Investment Into Water Funds
Investors are starting to pay more attention to water shortages and how to turn them into long-term investments. Water-related exchange-traded funds attracted more money in the nine months through ...
Progressive Teaching Lessons About Commercial Auto Profit: Guy Carpenter Study
Progressive has a competitive edge over long-term players in the commercial auto insurance market and national carriers outpace regionals on workers compensation profit measures, according to a new ...
Auto Insurance Customer Loyalty Is Declining
Last year more than $6 billion in advertising was pumped into the marketplace to encourage consumers to shop and switch their auto insurance providers. Everywhere consumers look, they are being hit ...
Actuaries Estimate Four Years of Opioid Crisis Cost Economy $631 Billion
The opioid epidemic cost the U.S. economy at least $631 billion from 2015 to 2018, according to a Society of Actuaries' (SOA) analysis of non-medical opioid use during this timeframe. The SOA report, ...
Climate Change Could Hurt U.S. Home Values in Poorer Communities
Poorer U.S. communities are likely to face especially devastating effects from climate change, including falling property values, as they struggle to adjust to floods and rising insurance costs. ...
Chubb Chief Digital Officer Ringsted Sounds Off on Innovation, ITC and the Future
Sean Ringsted was one of the 7,000 or so people who attended the 2019 InsureTech Connect Conference, held Sept. 23 to 25 in Las Vegas. Ringsted is executive vice president, chief digital officer and ...