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CSC Insurance-Telematics Offering Will Have Outsourcing Option
CSC is unveiling a new telematics-based auto insurance technology offering, promising carriers the option of outsourcing the service or blending it into their own system. The Virginia-based provider ...
Pandemics and Climate Change Present Opportunity for Insurers
The shoe may eventually be placed on the other foot for the U.S. This nation has a long-standing tradition of innovating products and ideas—particularly insurance products—and then exporting them ...
Marketform Rebrands as ‘Neon’ After Completing Strategic Review
Marketform, the specialist Lloyd's insurer, announced that the group has re-launched as "Neon." The re-launch coincides with the completion of a strategic review of the business, as CEO Martin Reith ...
Commercial Auto Saw ‘Meaningful’ Price Hikes in Q1: Willis Towers Watson
Poor claim results continue to drive "meaningful" price increases for commercial auto, but commercial insurance as a whole barely budged during the 2016 first quarter versus last year. Willis Towers ...
Ironshore Expands Global M&A Presence to North America
Ironshore International is expanding its Global Mergers & Acquisitions unit with a new Americas team that will address complex, multijurisdictional transactions within the North and Latin ...
The Latest Launches From Chubb, Beazley and Allianz
Chubb debuted new coverage targeting the U.K./Ireland middle market. Beazley unveiled an endorsement meant to help address weather-related low revenue at an event. Allianz has a new service for ...
Early June’s Bad Weather Poor Predictor For Atlantic Hurricane Season
A week into June and two tropical storms have drenched the U.S. South. Perhaps it would be a good time to stock up on duct tape, plywood and sandbags. Unfortunately, using the first few weeks to ...
Family Cites ‘Colossal Miscommunication’ in Lawsuit Over Fatal Amtrak Crash
A lawyer filing suit over a fatal Amtrak crash near Philadelphia blamed a "colossal miscommunication" for the deaths of two rail workers killed when a train traveling 106 mph struck a backhoe on the ...