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Q2 Commercial P/C Premiums Up 6.1%: CIAB
The second quarter of 2022 marked a full five years of premium increases across all lines of commercial insurance business, according to the latest report from the Council of Insurance Agents and ...
Aon Teams With University of California to Enhance Wildfire Modeling
Aon plc announced that its Impact Forecasting team will be collaborating with the University of California, Merced and the University of California, Los Angeles to implement the latest climate change ...
Viewpoint: More Sweeping Cellphone Laws Reduce Crash Rates
It's common knowledge that texting while driving is illegal in most places. But what about tapping the screen of your cellphone to accept a faster route suggested by Google Maps? What if your phone ...
NAIC Passes Pet Insurance Model Act
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has passed a Pet Insurance Model Act to establish appropriate regulatory standards for the growing pet insurance industry. "This model law ...
Executives on the Move at Liberty Mutual, USAA, Argo Group, AXA XL
Liberty Mutual has created two new leadership positions within Global Risk Solutions (GRS), its commercial and specialty (re)insurance unit. Effective Sept. 1, Crystal Ottaviano will join as GRS ...
The Latest Launches From BondExchange, SURE, Demex
BondExchange added another capability to its surety bond technology, introducing the BX Command Center for its agent partners. This update will allow agents to embed the BX underwriting and quoting ...
S.C. Joins 3 Other State Supreme Courts, Rules No Coverage for COVID-19 Shutdown
The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday became the fourth state high court in the nation to rule that the virus that causes COVID-19 cannot cause a direct physical damage or loss covered by a ...
Reinsurance M&A Slows Amid Macroeconomic Risks, Higher Natural Disaster Claims
Mergers and acquisitions in the global reinsurance sector will be limited into 2023 amid investor concerns over macroeconomic risks and heightened catastrophe losses linked to climate change, ...