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Western U.S. Avalanches Claim More Lives in Recent Weeks
One person was killed in an avalanche in central Colorado on Saturday, marking just the latest fatality stemming from avalanches in the western U.S. this season. Authorities in Grand County responded ...
S&P Puts State Farm General Ratings on CreditWatch
Potential downgrades of State Farm's California homeowners insurer came closer to reality when S&P Global Ratings put the "AA" financial strength and issuer credit ratings of State Farm General ...
Business Continuity Plans Lacking Among SMBs: Nationwide Survey
Mid- and small-market businesses (SMBs) face a lot of the same big-picture challenges, but how they prioritize risk, spending and solutions varies widely. According to Nationwide's latest risk ...
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 infections linked to frozen ...
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 ...