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FTC Issues Worker Non-Compete Ban as Chamber Lawsuit Looms
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission voted Tuesday to adopt a near-total ban on non-compete provisions that prohibit workers from switching jobs within an industry, a rule ...
E&S Property In Focus: Competition Up, Price Momentum Waning
During separate earnings conference calls this week, executives of two property/casualty specialty writers—W.R. Berkley Corp. and RLI Corp.—signaled a changing E&S property insurance market. ...
Fitch: U.S. Cyber Insurers Saw Strong Profits, Slowdown in Premium Growth in 2023
The U.S. cyber insurance line generated strong direct underwriting profits for the second straight year in 2023, but written premium volume has stalled amid renewed pricing pressure, according to a ...
Chubb Gets Its Paws on Pet Insurance MGA
Chubb announced a definitive agreement to acquire Healthy Paws, a U.S.-based managing general agent (MGA) specializing in pet insurance, from Aon plc. Financial terms of the deal, which is expected ...
The Latest Launches: Click for Cyber Insurance
Corvus Insurance and Zywave recently announced updates and launches aimed at speeding cyber insurance renewals and quotes. Another InsurTech, Mulberri, announced an embedded cyber insurance option ...
P/C Insurance Execs, Underwriters Out of Sync on Advanced Tech
The traditional ways in which insurers underwrite risks are inadequate to accurately assess and price evolving risks associated with natural catastrophes and technological innovation, according to ...
Global Insured Natural Disaster Claims Again Dominated by Severe U.S. Storms: Gallagher
Global insured losses from natural catastrophes in the first quarter were estimated at $20 billion, with U.S. claims accounting for more than $15 billion, or 75 percent, of the first-quarter total, ...
Going, Going, Gone: ‘Disruption’ to Shrink Traditional Premiums for Auto
Before the end of the current decade, the personal auto industry is likely to see a peak—and then a subsequent lasting decline—in premiums for conventional auto coverage, consultants from ...