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Counts Reduced Against Group Charged in BP Oil Spill Fraud Case
A Texas lawyer and six co-defendants are now facing a reduced indictment of 73 charges, instead of 95, at federal trial on accusations that they faked more than 40,000 damage claims after the BP oil ...
The U.S. Accounted for Nearly Half of H1’s Global Insured Losses
Preliminary global economic losses reached US$98 billion during the first half of 2016, while global insured losses hit US$30 billion – their highest levels since 2011, according to Impact ...
Every insurer evaluating property risk today is running the same math: more perils, more models, more data sources, and not...
The Hartford is Rare Insurer to Protect Investments From Climate Change Risks: Analysis
Insurers manage a large chunk of the world's investment capital, but they're not acting fast enough to protect their investments from the adverse effects of climate change, the Asset Owners ...
Tesla May Deflect Autopilot Liability Due to Huge Data Collection Effort
The large volume of data Tesla Motors Inc collects from its cars on the road has armed it with information to publicly counter, and possibly legally defend, claims about the safety of its Autopilot ...
Female Execs See Progress in Diversifying Insurance Workforce: IICF Survey
Perceptions may remain that the insurance industry is still overwhelmingly male, but a new survey shows that some insiders see progress. Approximately 87 percent of respondents said that their ...
Insurers Will Gain by Innovating for the Internet of Things
The steady advance of the internet of things (IoT) presents a huge number of opportunities for insurers – as well as threats, according to a digest published by Efma*. The rise in connected homes, ...
Allianz Unveils North American Transactional Liability Unit as M&A Surges
Allianz Group is launching a new transactional liability unit designed to take advantage of greater M&A deal activity in the U.S. and, ultimately, around the world. The insurer's Allianz Global ...
Lawsuit Accuses VW ‘Top Brass’ of Orchestrating Emissions Cheating Years Ago
Volkswagen AG Chief Executive Officer Matthias Mueller became aware of emissions cheating a decade ago as part of a broad conspiracy orchestrated by "top brass," according to lawsuits filed by U.S. ...