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No Enforcement of Business-Created California Gig Worker Law
Nearly four years after California voters approved better wages and health benefits for ride-hailing drivers and delivery workers, no one is actually ensuring they are provided, according to state ...
Hard Market ‘Supercycle’ Likely to Be Prolonged: Lloyd’s CEO Neal
Now that the market has achieved a first-half profit of £4.9 billion with a combined ratio of 83.7—its best interim results in 17 years—does this mean the hard market cycle is ending? During a ...
Fitch Ratings Shifts Global Re Outlook to Neutral; Pricing Past Peak
Fitch Ratings announced that it shifted its outlook on the global reinsurance sector to neutral yesterday but the downward shift came with an expectation of continued profitability—and a forecasted ...
What Happened to the Hurricanes? CSU Forecasts September ‘Quiet Period’
The first two weeks of September are expected to be quiet for Atlantic hurricane activity, according to experts at Colorado State University. The CSU Tropical Meteorology Project, which has been ...
New York City’s Biggest Taxi Insurer Is Insolvent, Risking Transit Meltdown
In an unassuming white and blue office building in Freeport, a few miles into Nassau County, sits the headquarters of American Transit Insurance Co. The 52-year-old, family-owned firm is hardly a ...
Lloyd’s Reports Best First-Half Underwriting Profit Since 2007
The Lloyd's insurance and reinsurance market reported overall profit before tax of £4.9 billion (US$6.4 billion), a 25.6 percent increase from the £3.9 billion (US$5.1 billion) reported during H1 ...
Climate Losses Batter Insurers While Reinsurers Step Back
As the planet warms and more natural disasters occur, insurers are facing an increasingly difficult time. In 2023, for the fourth year in a row, global insured catastrophe losses exceeded $100 ...
Risks Too Big for Insurers Just Fed a $200B Market Boom in Captives
As the market for in-house insurance surpasses a record $200 billion, the underlying reasons for that boom show how a hotter, less stable planet is redrawing the risk map for corporations. Captive ...