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Executives On The Move at XL Catlin, Allied World and JLT Re
Executives from AIG and Zurich will fill two leadership slots in XL Catlin's Canadian Environmental Insurance Team. Allied World appointed a new assistant vice president for property in Australia. ...
Artificial Intelligence Is Helping Zurich Insurance With Personal Injury Claims
Zurich Insurance is deploying artificial intelligence in deciding personal injury claims after trials cut the processing time from an hour to just seconds, its chairman said. "We recently introduced ...
Allstate Discloses $235M in Pre-Tax Catastrophe Losses for April
The Allstate Corp. disclosed $235 million in pre-tax catastrophe losses for April. Broken down, the number encompasses 11 catastrophe events that cost the insurer $229 million pre-tax, plus ...
Avoiding Birds Is Big Focus of Amazon’s Delivery-Drone Research
Amazon.com Inc.'s development of package-delivery drones is progressing to the point where the company is now thinking a lot about geese. The e-commerce company said Thursday it has started ...
Post-WannaCry Risks: Lawsuits Over Lax Cyber Attack Protection
Businesses that failed to update Microsoft Windows-based computer systems that were hit by a massive cyber attack over the weekend could be sued over their lax cyber security, but Microsoft Corp. ...
Demand Should Soar for Cyber Insurance in Wake of WannaCry Attacks
Demand for cyber insurance is likely to soar in the wake of the WannaCry ransomware attacks that affected more than 300,000 computers in more than 150 countries around the world since May 12, Fitch ...
Memorial Day Travel Will Be at Highest Level Since 2005: AAA
An estimated 39.3 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more away from home this Memorial Day weekend—the holiday's highest travel volume since 2005, according to AAA. The majority of travelers ...
MEMIC Names Bourque, Its Longtime Communications Exec, as New CEO
The MEMIC Group named a longtime communications executive at the workers compensation specialty insurer as its new president and CEO. Michael Bourque will replace John Leonard as MEMIC's leader after ...