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Industry Veterans Launch New E&S Biz
Insurance industry executives Michael Price and Kean Driscoll announced the formation of Dellwood Insurance Group, a new nationwide excess and surplus lines insurance holding company. The new company ...
Liberty Mutual Execs See Q4 Momentum as 2023 Income Falls
Although Liberty Mutual reported worse underwriting results and lower net income in 2023 compared to the prior year, executives pointed to the momentum of the final quarter as an indicator of what's ...
Insurance has always been about helping people and businesses navigate uncertainty. While most insurance policies cover familiar exposures like property,...
Business Is Booming for DEI Lawyers as Corporate America Asks: ‘What’s Legal?’
The furor over corporate diversity, equity and inclusion programs has turned so explosive that it's never been busier for specialists on the topic. Some companies are cutting back on DEI initiatives ...
Showing Self-Control Makes You Seem More Powerful: Study
Out-of-control behavior by CEOs and other powerful people constantly makes headlines — so much so that some might consider impulsivity a pathway to power. However, new research from the UC San ...
A Look at What Led to Record-Breaking West Coast Fires and Snow in 2020: Study
The same weather system that led to the spread of the devastating Labor Day wildfires in 2020 brought record-breaking cold and early-season snowfall to parts of the Rocky Mountains. Now, new research ...
Mitchell: EV Collision Claims Up 40% in 2023
The frequency of claims submitted for repairable electric vehicles (EVs) rose to its highest level in 2023, ending the year at 1.97 percent in the U.S. and 2.86 percent in Canada, according to the ...
Berkshire’s PacifiCorp Expected to Pay $29M to Oregon Wildfire Victims
An Oregon state jury on Tuesday ordered Berkshire Hathaway's PacifiCorp to pay at least $29.2 million to nine homeowners and a summer camp whose properties were damaged by 2020 wildfires they claim ...
OSHA Safety Regulator Points to Management Failure in Fatal Movie Set Shooting
Complaints by a movie weapons supervisor to managers went unheeded as she sought more time and resources to fulfill safety duties on the set of the Western movie "Rust," where actor Alec Baldwin ...