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Liar, Liar: GM Switch Plaintiff Accused of Fibbing Drops Case
The Oklahoma mail carrier at the center of the first trial over General Motors Co.'s deadly ignition-switch defect is dropping his claims after being accused of lying to the court. Robert Scheuer, ...
AIG Faced Investor Pressure Long Before Icahn
American International Group Inc. knows what it's like to be circled by hawks. Under pressure in 2009 to repay the insurer's bailout, company executives were in a race to sell assets. Then Robert ...
Mid-Sized P/C Carriers Increasingly Embracing IT Outsourcing: Novarica
Large numbers of insurers are relying on at least some form of information technology outsourcing to enhance their daily operations, Novarica found in a new survey of industry CIOs. The reason: ...
Acknowledging Predecessor, New Travelers CEO Schnitzer Pledges Continued Innovation
The Travelers Companies reached a major milestone on Jan. 21 when the property/casualty insurance giant holding its first earnings call under new CEO Alan Schnitzer. Executives appeared to go out of ...
Travelers Profit Plunges 17 Percent, Slammed by Troubled Energy Investments
Travelers Cos., the only property-casualty insurer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, said fourth-quarter profit fell 17 percent as investment income declined on low bond yields and valuations for ...
Cyber Security Firm FireEye Grabs Rival for $200M
FireEye Inc said on Wednesday it paid $200 million to buy privately held iSight Partners in a move to boost its cyber intelligence offerings for governments and businesses as the sector consolidates. ...
U.K. Insurer Aviva Targets North America with $402M Canadian Acquisition
Aviva Plc, the U.K.'s second-biggest insurer by market value, agreed to buy a home and auto insurer from Royal Bank of Canada for C$582 million ($402 million) to expand in North America. The purchase ...
How to Thrive in the New Age of Underwriting
We are in the midst of a new age of underwriting—an age driven by technology. And the technology-driven era is not only changing the way underwriters work, but it is also transforming the ...