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The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research Launches New Self-Paced Courses
The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research has launched five self-paced insurance license renewal and introductory classes on the topics of Ethics, NFIP Flood Exposures, Workers ...
Verisk Expects Japan’s Earthquake Will Cost Insurers $2B-$4B
The magnitude 7.3 earthquake that struck off the coast of Japan last week is expected to cost insurers $2-$4 billion in property losses, according to Verisk Extreme Event Solutions (formerly AIR ...
Russia’s Seizure of Foreign Jets Triggers Wave of Insurance Claims From Leasing Firms
Russia's move to transfer almost 800 foreign-owned jets to its own aircraft register amid foreign sanctions has triggered a wave of insurance claims from leasing firms whose fleets have effectively ...
Workers Reporting Injuries Earlier in Tenure, Carrier Study Reveals
An insurer's study of a decade of workers compensation claims reveals that injury reports in 2021 came from employees who hadn't been on the job as long as those who reported claims in 2011. On ...
U.S. Fuelmakers on Hook for Vehicle Emissions in New SEC Rule
U.S. drillers and refiners will likely need to report estimated greenhouse gas emissions from the cars, trucks, planes and ships that use their fuel if a rule proposed by U.S. regulators on Monday ...
Generali Suspends Donnet’s Internal Rival in CEO Race
Insurer Generali said on Wednesday it had suspended Luciano Cirina, its head of Austria and CEE countries, who has been proposed by a leading shareholder for the role of chief executive in a ...
The Remaking of Verisk as an Insurance-Focused Firm (Again) Is Underway
Last week, information services firm Verisk said it had taken steps that align with one investor's call for the firm to commit to being a standalone insurance-focused business. Yesterday, Verisk ...
Authentication Firm Okta Says Up to 366 Customers Potentially Hit by Hack
Shares in Okta Inc. fell 9 percent on Wednesday after the U.S. digital authentication firm said hundreds of its customers may have been affected by a security breach involving hacking group Lapsus$. ...