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P/C Cycle Act 3: Reinsurance-Driven GL Hard Market
Comparing recent conditions in the property/casualty insurance and reinsurance markets to a three-act play, the chief executive of Arch Capital Group predicted hard casualty pricing ahead in the ...
OSHA: Top 10 Safety Violations of 2023
Fall protection, hazards communications and ladders were the top three most cited safety violations for fiscal year 2023, according to Eric Harbin, OSHA Region 6 administrator, who presented the ...
Insurance has always been about helping people and businesses navigate uncertainty. While most insurance policies cover familiar exposures like property,...
Study Shows Employees Get Drowsy During Virtual Meetings Because They’re Bored
If you're seeing a lot of yawning during virtual work meetings, it might mean your employees are bored, according to new research from Aalto University. Prior studies suggested fatigue from virtual ...
U.S.-Led Alliance of 40 Countries Vow to Deny Ransom Payments to Cybercriminals
Forty countries in a U.S.-led alliance plan to sign a pledge never to pay ransom to cybercriminals and to work toward eliminating the hackers' funding mechanism, a senior White House official said on ...
EPA Proposes Ban on Cancer-Causing Chemical TCE
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday proposed banning the cancer-causing chemical trichloroethylene, which can be found in consumer products including automobile brake cleaners, ...
InsurTech Hippo Lays Off 20% of Employees
InsurTech Hippo Holdings said it has "initiated an organizational realignment" by laying off about 120 employees, or 20 percent of its workforce. The company said in a filing with the U.S. Securities ...
Ending Polarization and Building Future Leaders: Travelers CEO
Challenges facing today's business leaders include keeping pace with rapid change, the leader of Travelers said recently while also going out of his way to cast light on a serious obstacle to forward ...
NICB: Vehicle Thefts Top 1M in 2022, Hot Spots Vary Across U.S.
There were more than one million vehicles stolen in 2022, equating to two vehicles stolen every minute, according to the latest vehicle theft report released by the National Insurance Crime Bureau ...