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The Latest Launches From AIG, Aon and Risk Strategies
AIG is planning a new syndicate at Lloyd's designed to serve the specialist U.S. high net worth market. Aon announced the launch of an Aon-wide group created to increase the value and holistic ...
States Vary Widely in How They Control Workers Comp Medical Costs
Workers' compensation medical costs vary widely among the states both in terms of price and how often services are used. The differences appear to relate closely to which cost-drivers each state ...
Accounting Tricks Hide Real Value of Teva’s Proposed Opioid Settlement
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd's proposed $23 billion drug giveaway to settle thousands of U.S. opioid lawsuits will likely cost the company a fraction of that figure due to how it has valued ...
A.M. Best’s Innovation Assessment Set to Roll Out in First-Half 2020
A.M. Best plans to start assessing innovation as part of the credit rating methodology it uses to evaluate carriers in the first half of 2020, Chief Rating Officer Stefan Holzberger said. The ...
Reserve Charge Dents Travelers Earnings; Execs See ‘More Room’ for Rate Hikes
Challenges that fueled prior-year loss reserve development of nearly $300 million at Travelers aren't a problem that is unique to the insurer, executives noted during an third-quarter 2019 earnings ...
Typhoon Hagibis To Cost Insurers at Least $8B; $16B Possible: AIR Worldwide
Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide estimates that industry insured losses from Typhoon Hagibis, which made landfall in Japan on October 12, will be between $8 billion (JPY 865 billion) and ...
Nationwide Invests in Cybersecurity InsurTech Focused on Connected Vehicles
Nationwide said it has invested in Upstream Security, an InsurTech focused on providing cybersecurity for connected vehicles. Upstream's cash infusion will it enable OEM car manufacturers and fleets ...
Climate Change Strengthening El Niños: Study
Climate change is making stronger El Niños, which change weather worldwide and heat up an already warming planet, a new study finds. Scientists examined 33 El Niños—natural warming of equatorial ...