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W.R. Berkley Hires Former Counsel to Ex-Speaker Boehner as Federal Lobbyist
An attorney who worked in Congress for former Speaker of the House John Boehner, and his successor, Paul Ryan, is W.R. Berkley Corp.'s new federal lobbyist. Jo-Marie St. Martin's official title for ...
Beazley Partners With VALE on Environmental Coverage for U.S.-Domiciled Firms
Beazley has partnered with managing general agency VALE Insurance Partners to offer its environmental cover to U.S.-domiciled firms with revenues of up to $15 million. VALE will offer the full suite ...
GEICO’s New Virtual Assistant, Plus the Latest Launches From Liberty Mutual and Kinsale
"Kate," a new virtual assistant, debuts for GEICO auto insurance customers. Liberty Mutual is expanding its telematics and other safe driver offerings. Kinsale has started offering new school board ...
PURE Rolls Out E&S Homeowners Policy for High-Net-Worth Families
The PURE Group of Insurance Companies is debuting an excess and surplus lines homeowners policy for high-net-worth families. PURE said the new cover, under the name PURE Program, will be targeted to ...
Reinsurers Can Expect Another Difficult Year: Willis Re
Despite a 50 percent increase in insured losses from natural catastrophes during 2016, the global reinsurance industry achieved profitable results for the third quarter and remains on track to close ...
The Latest Launches From AIG, Starr Cos. and The Hanover
AIG's Singapore division debuted a motor accident reporting platform in Singapore designed to help speed up the claims process online and reduce fraud. Starr Cos. will team with a Chinese insurer to ...
New Year Will Unleash a Deep Freeze Upon Much of the World
A deep freeze is about to descend on North America, Europe and Asia thanks to record high temperatures across the Arctic. How's that? "Think of it like a seesaw," said Matt Rogers, president of ...
Reuters Special Report: ‘Superbug’ Outbreaks Kept Secret at Hospitals, Nursing Homes
The outbreak started in January 2014. That's when a resident of the Casa Maria nursing home here was diagnosed with Clostridium difficile, a highly contagious and potentially deadly "superbug" that ...