Government
Are Underwriters, Agents Endangered by AI?
"Meet your new underwriter." That's the caption under a photo of a robotic hand holding a pen that the digital news outlet Quartz (qz.com) used to introduce a recent article about an insurer using ...
FIO Director McRaith Leaving Post on Jan. 20
Michael McRaith, who has served as director of the Federal Insurance Office since its creation in 2011, is resigning his post as of Jan. 20 as the Trump administration begins. McRaith announced his ...
Benefits of Climate-Related Financial Disclosures
We need to work on a united, collaborative response when it comes to combating climate change, said Zurich Insurance's Cecilia Reyes in a recent blog, expanding on her Dec. 15 Twitter chat on ...
25 Reinsurers Join $1B NFIP Reinsurance Program
The federal government's National Flood Insurance Program has secured more than $1 billion in reinsurance from 25 global reinsurers to help it weather major storms. Participating reinsurers include ...
St. Louis Tops Judicial Hellholes: ATRA Report
St. Louis, Mo. edged out California and New York for top spots in the nation for unfair handling of civil litigation, according to the with The American Tort Reform Foundation 2016-2017 Judicial ...
Isn’t It Ridiculous? Top 10 Abuses of the Legal System for 2016
The U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform recently announced its annual list of the Top 10 Most Ridiculous Lawsuits: Starbucks feels the heat from two abusive lawsuits (Ill. and Calif.) Court ...
Dupont Loses Third Case Over Teflon-Making Chemical and Cancer Risk
A U.S. jury in Ohio on Wednesday ordered DuPont to pay $2 million to a man who said he developed testicular cancer from exposure to a toxic chemical leaked from one of the company's plants, according ...
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 ...