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Travelers Debuts Predictive Model Designed to Help Injured Workers Avoid Chronic Pain
The country's largest workers' compensation insurer said it has developed a model to predict the likelihood of an injured worker developing chronic pain. The model can them help the workers take ...
PartnerRe Names Exec From Parent EXOR as New CFO
PartnerRe's CFO is stepping down, and an executive from new corporate parent EXOR is replacing him. The Bermuda-based reinsurer disclosed that Bill Babcock, its executive vice president and chief ...
Reinsurance Use of Alternative Capital Grew 12% in 2015: Aon Report
Alternative capital continues to make its presence felt in the reinsurance market, increasing by 12 percent during 2015 to $72 billion, while traditional capital decreased by 4 percent to $493 ...
Most Insurance M&A Deals Haven’t Improved Financial Strength: S&P
The flurry of insurance mergers and acquisitions that yielded about $150 billion of transactions globally in 2015 may endure even after years of "patchy" results for some companies making deals, ...
Energy Insurance Market Could Contract in Wake of Oil Price Crash
Signs are increasing that fallout from the oil price crash could lead to a contraction of the energy insurance market. Willis Towers Watson asserts in a new report that a "perfect storm" of ...
Kemper’s Q1 Pre-Tax Cat Losses Could Reach $45M
Kemper Corp. disclosed that its pre-tax catastrophe losses will hit between $35 million and $45 million for the 2016 first quarter. What's more, the Chicago-based insurer said it doesn't expect to ...
Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon Back EPA in Climate Rule Lawsuit
Technology companies Google, Apple, Microsoft and Amazon on Friday declared support for the Obama administration in a lawsuit facing its central plan to combat climate change, saying the rule is ...
Liberty International Underwriters Adds Cyber Extortion Endorsement for Food and Beverage Industry
Liberty International Underwriters (LIU) has launched a cyber extortion endorsement for its product recall and contamination policy for food and beverage companies. The new endorsement provides ...