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Re/Insurance Communications Platform ‘fuse’ Launches
A communications platform called fuse has been launched for the global commercial insurance and reinsurance industry. Fuse promises retail, wholesale and reinsurance brokers, insureds, insurers and ...
WCRI: 6% of COVID Claimants Treated for Long COVID
A national study by the Workers' Compensation Research Institute found that 6 percent of workers who filed claims for COVID-19 suffered long COVID, meaning they sought additional treatment more than ...
Survey: Cyber Budgets, Insurance Premium Jumps Across Sectors
Despite doubts surrounding efficacy of cyber practices, budgets and insurance policy costs have increased exponentially, according to a recent survey gauging cybersecurity practices among global debt ...
2023 on Track to Become Hottest Year on Record
This year is on track to become the hottest since at least 1940, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Thursday. Scientists have said climate change, combined with this ...
Supreme Court Considers Who Can Sue Hotels Over Disability Access
A few years back, Joseph Stramondo was a last-minute replacement as a conference speaker in Salt Lake City. He went online and made a reservation for a room accessible for people with disabilities. ...
California’s Next Steps: Picking the Right Cat Models and Staffing Up
Is $11 million too much to pay for a public catastrophe model? Does the California Department of Insurance have to hire a new contingent of specialists to understand private models, if those are ...
Digital Drone Insurers Flying Together: SkyWatch Acquires DroneInsurance.com Assets
SkyWatch, a specialty InsurTech focused on digital insurance for the aviation industry, announced the acquisition of the assets of DroneInsurance.com from REIN yesterday. Financial terms of the deal ...
Commercial Auto Insurers Face Bleak Profit Outlook
Underwriting losses in U.S. commercial auto have returned to pre-pandemic levels and rate increases have not been enough to keep up with severity trends. "The liability component has been more ...