Personal Lines
Chubb Among Chorus of Companies Cutting Promotional Ties With NRA
Some of the biggest names in corporate America are coming under mounting pressure to cut ties with the National Rifle Association as gun safety activists on Friday intensified calls for a boycott in ...
General Liability Erupts as New Casualty Insurance Problem, Plus 9 Other Marsh Market Predictions
Automobile liability has been the problem child for casualty insurers for years, but general liability is becoming the next trouble spot, Marsh asserts in a new report looking at the top 10 U.S. ...
Buffett’s Annual Letter to Berkshire Hathaway Could Offer More CEO Succession Clues
Warren Buffett's annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway Inc. shareholders is coming Saturday, and it may bring more clues about the 87-year-old billionaire's succession plans at his conglomerate. In ...
Mobile Broadband Access and Auto Collision Frequency Uncorrelated, Actuaries Find
Mobile broadband access—used as an indicator of the likelihood that drivers may be using mobile devices while driving—appears to have no impact on collision frequency, according to a recent ...
Flying Cars Will Ease U.S. Traffic Congestion in 10 Years: Uber CEO
Flying cars will be zipping across U.S. skies within the coming decade—at least that's what Uber Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi predicted last month. "There will be ...
Liberty Mutual’s Safeco to Take Over MAPFRE’s Personal Lines Biz in Three States
MAPFRE Insurance, which last year decided to exit five states and focus on 11, is turning over its personal lines business in three of those five states to Safeco Insurance, a Liberty Mutual unit. ...
Finding Qualified Insurance Employees Remains a Challenge Even as Hiring Stabilizes
Fifty-eight percent of insurance companies plan to increase staff during the next 12 months, in part due to an expected increase in business and new markets, according to the Semi-Annual U.S. ...
Growing Drone Risks Evident in Spike of Collisions and Close Calls
Aviation regulators are investigating a flurry of collisions and close calls between consumer drones and aircraft, encounters they say pose significant risks to the flying public. Canadian ...