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Trump Rescinds Previous Public Works Order Covering Climate Change, Flood risks
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that's designed to streamline the approval process for building roads, bridges and other infrastructure by establishing "one federal decision" ...
Could Cyber Insurance Benefit From Government Regulation?
Cyber insurance has become a major new business for carriers; it is often suggested that cyber insurance is the fastest growing segment of the insurance industry, and premiums are expected to ...
P/C Insurance Carriers, InsurTechs Benefit on Multiple Levels From Partnerships
Startup InsurTechs need partnerships more than they need money from insurance carriers, according to one leading venture capitalist actively funding insurance technology firms. Venture firm XL ...
Reinsurers Now Much More Likely to Report Natural Disaster-Related Underwriting Loss: S&P
Things could get rougher for global reinsurers if annual natural catastrophe claims keep moving closer to the long-term average, Standard & Poor's said in a new report. It turns out that upward ...
GM Ignition Switch Plaintiffs Reach $1B Deal With Creditor Trust; Carmaker Critical
Plaintiffs suing General Motors Co over faulty ignition switches and other alleged vehicle defects have reached a $1 billion settlement requiring the automaker to turn over that amount of stock, a ...
Driver Skills Diminishing as Automated Tech Takes Hold
If your car can hit the brakes in an emergency and check your blind spots, will that make you a worse driver? Increasingly, automakers are worrying it may. Driver-assist technology that keeps cars in ...
Uber Investor Lawsuit Creating Further Problems Between Directors, Shareholders
Ride-services company Uber is facing a divided board of directors and angry shareholders after investor Benchmark Capital filed a lawsuit against the company's ousted chief executive, Travis ...
The Schinnerer Group to Add Property Catastrophe Business With ICAT Acquisition
The Schinnerer Group has agreed to acquire International Catastrophe Insurance Managers (ICAT) from the Paraline Group for an undisclosed price. Plans call for closing the deal sometime in the 2017 ...