Personal Lines
Allstate Using Promise of Retail Therapy to Entice Safer Driving
Allstate believes it can entice customers to drive more safely with the promise of retail therapy. In theory, the added benefit could also attract new clients. The Illinois based multi-line insurer ...
10 Global Automakers Sued Over Keyless Ignition Defect That Leaves Engines On
Ten of the world's biggest carmakers were sued over claims that keyless ignitions lacking an automatic shut-off endanger drivers and passengers with deadly carbon monoxide fumes. Manufacturers ...
Progressive Insurance Survey: Millennials Want Fulfilling IT Jobs More Than Higher Pay
Progressive Insurance discovered one clue about millennials that could make it easier for carriers to bring them on board in the future: they're looking for fulfillment over money. That's ...
Fitch: U.S. P/C Insurer Results Mostly Unchanged in First-Half 2015
U.S. property/casualty insurers' operating performance remained largely unchanged in the first half of 2015 compared to the same period a year prior, with $25.5 billion in aggregate operating ...
A Strengthened Tropical Storm Erika Heads Toward Florida
Tropical storm warnings were in effect on Wednesday for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands as Erika, the fifth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, closed in on the Eastern Caribbean and ...
Investors Doubt Zurich’s Tentative $8.8B Offer for RSA Will Happen
Zurich Insurance Group AG's announcement that it's considering a 5.6 billion-pound ($8.8 billion) offer for RSA Insurance Group Plc is leaving investors in doubt that the takeover will happen at that ...
State Auto’s New CEO Makes Changes and Brings in New Blood
State Auto Financial Corp. is experiencing some of the first major executive and organizational changes since former Fireman's Fund CEO Michael LaRocco formally took over in May. A key element of ...
Zurich, EagleEye, Launch 14-Month Predictive Analytics Tech Test
Zurich Insurance Group will test a South Carolina company's predictive analytics technology in a 14-month trial. Zurich's deal with EagleEye Analytics is part of its global advanced analytics ...