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FDA, CDC Investigating Multi-State Listeria Outbreak
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday the agencies were investigating a multi-state outbreak of listeria ...
Claims Service, Tech, Communication Top Independent Agent Concerns
Claims, communication, and technology round out the top three concerns for independent agents when placing new business with a carrier, according to InsurTech firm Vertafore. The findings were the ...
Millennials, Gen Z Embrace AI-Driven P&C Products: Survey
A new "AI in Insurance Report" identifies the generational differences when it comes to artificial intelligence acceptance, according to cloud-based software provider Insurity. The findings of the ...
U.S. Auto Safety Agency Laid Off 4% of Staff
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration laid off 4 percent of its staff as part of a government-wide trimming of probationary employees, a spokesperson said Monday. The agency has pending ...
EEOC Seeks to Drop Transgender Discrimination Cases
Signaling a major shift in civil rights enforcement, the federal agency that enforces workplace anti-discrimination laws has moved to dismiss six of its own cases on behalf of workers alleging gender ...
Georgia Tort Bill Advances After Governor Makes Concession on Medical Costs
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia senators voted 33-21 on Friday to support Gov. Brian Kemp's top-priority legislation to limit lawsuits, but not before some of Kemp's fellow Republicans extracted a ...
Florida OIR Wants More Data, Warns Insurers About Concurrent Causation Denials
As consumer complaints have apparently mounted over unpaid hurricane losses, Florida's top insurance regulator and some lawmakers are signaling new scrutiny on insurance carriers' claims-handling and ...
What Private Equity Can Teach Executives About Metrics: Fridson
Wall Street is often blamed for reducing corporate managers' understanding of business to a single, gameable measure of success: quarterly earnings versus analysts' consensus forecast. The Making of ...