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VW Sued by New Jersey Over Excess Diesel Emissions
New Jersey on Friday filed a lawsuit against Volkswagen AG and its luxury units over the German automaker's excess diesel emissions, becoming the fourth U.S. state to take legal action. New Jersey's ...
A Year-End Assessment of Allstate’s Esurance
Allstate's Esurance continued its path of slow, steady improvement in the final months of 2015. The online auto and home insurance provider booked a 107 combined ratio for the 2015 fourth quarter, ...
Insurance Customers, and How to Keep Them by Using Connected Technology
It seems that no matter the industry, customer expectations for personalized service are high, and getting higher. Insurance customers now commonly make comparisons based on experiences in other ...
Insurance Information Institute President Robert Hartwig Will Depart in August
Robert Hartwig – longtime leader of the Insurance Information Institute – is stepping down this August. Hartwig has been I.I.I. president since 2007 and was also the organization's chief ...
VW Names New Top U.S. Lawyer as It Pursues Emissions Fix Approval
Volkswagen AG has replaced the head of its U.S. legal department with an outside lawyer as it works to win approval to fix nearly 600,000 vehicles with excess emissions, a person briefed on the ...
XL Catlin Ends 2015 on Firmer, Post-Merger Solid Ground
The creation of XL Catlin in mid-2015 through a $4 billion deal put in place significant new scale and market reach for the combined insurer and reinsurer. With that in mind, parent XL Group's Q4 and ...
Allstate’s Auto Claims Rise as Fourth Quarter Profit Drops 41%
Allstate Corp., the largest publicly traded U.S. car and home insurer, said fourth-quarter profit fell on a surge in auto claims. Net income declined 41 percent to $489 million, or $1.18 a share, ...
RMS Releases Cyber Modeling System Created With Industry Support
RMS is debuting its new cyber modeling system, entering a market that CEO Hemant Shah has said is a "pretty significant opportunity for the industry." What's more, the firm collaborated with a number ...