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Dash Cams in Fleet Vehicles Key to Avoiding Nuclear Verdicts, Risk Managers Say
Cameras. One showing the driver and another facing forward. Those can be the keys to avoiding nuclear verdicts after auto and truck crashes, especially for companies with fleets of vehicles and ...
Cyber ‘Catastrophe Bonds’ Move Step Closer to Hitting Public Debt Markets
Cyber catastrophe bonds may be about to move out of the shadows of private deal-making and into the public debt markets. So-called cat bonds, which farm out hard-to-insure risks to capital market ...
NOAA: U.S. Withstands Record 25 Disasters in 2023
A warm October coupled with drought conditions across the Lower Mississippi Valley dropped water levels to historic lows along parts of the Mississippi River last month, according to the latest ...
Special Report: Worker Injuries Soar at SpaceX
One windy night at Elon Musk's SpaceX facility in McGregor, Texas, Lonnie LeBlanc and his co-workers realized they had a problem. They needed to transport foam insulation to the rocket company's main ...
California Town Struggles to Rebuild Amid High Home Insurance Costs
Heidi Lange was among the first to rebuild after the deadliest wildfire in California history destroyed her home in 2018 along with much of the town of Paradise. After the fire, she got divorced, ...
Tech Bytes: New Partnerships at Allianz Partners, Verisk, Hourly
Allianz Partners and bolttech announced a partnership to provide embedded device and appliance protection insurance across Asia Pacific and the U.S. The strategic cooperation agreement aims to bring ...
CoverForce Announces Product Suite Following Last Year’s $5M Seed Round
CoverForce, an independent insurance platform bringing comparisons and one-click buying to commercial insurance, unveiled its suite of products made for agency networks, wholesalers, and software ...
Cyber, Geopolitics, Supply Chain Issues Are Risks to Watch in 2024
Two reports released recently highlight the risks to watch for businesses in the coming year. The Hartford Risk Monitor, spotlighting top risks for mid to large businesses through a survey of agents ...