Personal Lines
Tropical Storm Cindy Poised to Dump Heavy Rain in Four States
Tropical Storm Cindy emerged in the Gulf of Mexico with top winds of 45 miles (72 kilometers) per hour. So far, disruptions to oil and gas operations have been limited. The storm prompted watches and ...
More Flood Insurance Bills to Come after Two Advanced by House Committee
The House Financial Services Committee on Thursday passed two bills to reform the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). One is a broad reform proposal that seeks to encourage more private ...
USAA’s Insurance Arm, Mercedes-Benz Tie at Top of Customer Service Ranking
USAA is once again a standout in terms of its customer service scores compared to other industries, based on the Temkin Group's latest ranking. The Texas-based financial services group whose ...
Marketing, Telematics Help Carriers Counter Auto Insurance Price Hike Unhappiness: J.D. Power
About 26 percent of U.S. auto insurance customers have seen rate hikes so far this year, and they're not happy. However, it looks like clear communications from carriers can help mitigate any price ...
Cape Analytics Brings Cutting-Edge Property/Data Analytics Offerings to 8 More States
Cape Analytics, a startup that relies on machine learning, computer vision and geospatial imagery to produce propriety property data for insurance carriers and others, is expanding. After a start in ...
Drought, Cloud Computing Top Swiss Re’s P/C Emerging Risks
Drought and cloud computing would not necessarily go together, but they do in the world of insurance risk. Swiss Re sees both as the greatest risks property/casualty insurers will face in the coming ...
House Republican Proposal Would Prevent States From Setting Self-Driving Car Rules
California and other states would be barred from setting their own rules governing design and testing of self-driving cars, while federal regulators would be blocked from demanding pre-market ...
Over Just 3 Years, Anbang Insurance Grabbed Sizable Amount of Global Assets
Anbang Insurance Group Co. notched up more than $10 billion of foreign acquisitions during a three-year global takeover binge, a campaign that brought Chairman Wu Xiaohui into the orbit of Wall ...