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State Farm Gets Supreme Court Hearing for Katrina Billing Case
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear State Farm Fire and Casualty Co.'s bid to overturn a finding that the insurance company fraudulently overbilled the government for damage from Hurricane Katrina. ...
Endoscope Cleaner Tied to Superbugs Still Used in Hospitals
When going in for a medical procedure, you probably want to be certain the doctor's instruments are clean. Following a recent turnabout by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, that certainty may be ...
Martin Senn, Former Zurich CEO, Commits Suicide
Former Zurich Insurance boss Martin Senn has committed suicide six months after leaving the company under a cloud, a tragedy that comes less than three years after Zurich's finance chief took his own ...
How to Sell Cyber Insurance Online; CyberPolicy.com Set to Launch in July
CoverHound CEO Keith Moore has a vision of simplifying cyber insurance sales that involves underwriting the security vendors used by insureds—a model that could ultimately allow small business ...
What NOAA is Forecasting for Atlantic Hurricanes; Late Season La Niña Likely
Forecasters at NOAA's Climate Prediction Center say the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 through Nov. 30, will most likely be near-normal, but they also say this season is ...
New CFO Starting at Florida’s Heritage
Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc. announced Thursday that Steven Martindale will be the company's new chief financial officer starting on June 1, 2016, when Stephen Rohde will retire from the role. ...
Munich Re Links with Drone Company to Quicken Catastrophe Insurance Assessments
Munich Re teamed with a drone company to help perform quicker and more detailed post-catastrophe insurance assessments around the world. The reinsurer's new partner: PrecisionHawk, a private company ...
Hurricane Making Landfall Would be a First for Many Florida Insurers
Should a hurricane make landfall in Florida this storm season, many of the homeowner insurance players now doing business there are untested as to how they'll perform when catastrophe hits. Fitch ...