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Tornadoes That Ripped Across Central U.S. Could Be Costliest Outbreak on Record
A group of tornadoes that tore across the central U.S. on Dec. 10 and 11 resulted in widespread damage in several states and could serve as the nation's costliest tornado outbreak on record. "Based ...
Easing Supply Chains, Other Factors Could Rein in Inflation: Economists
Inflation is painfully high, but this hopefully is close to as bad as it gets. Consumer prices rose 6.8 percent for the 12 months ending in November, a 39-year high. Many economists expect inflation ...
Generali Links With Accenture, Vodafone to Provide Cyber Insurance Services
Generali has joined forces with Accenture and Vodafone Business to create a package of cyber insurance services for corporate and small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) clients. The services include ...
Wells Media Group Transitions Ownership to Its Employees
Wells Media Group Inc announced that it has become a 100 percent employee-owned firm via the launch of an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). Wells Media, the publisher of Insurance Journal, ...
Toyota Starts Offering Auto Cover With Farmers-Owned Toggle in 5 States
Automaker Toyota's insurance arm has begun selling its first branded insurance coverage, Toyota Auto Insurance, in Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and South Carolina, and will soon be offering the ...
Insurance Rates Soar to Cover M&A Boom, Deal or Not
The cost of insurance to cover problems involving M&A has nearly doubled in just two years, underwriters and brokers said, after an explosion of global dealmaking during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Half of $17B Litigation Funding ‘Industry’ Money Spent in the U.S.: Swiss Re
Litigation funding has become a $17 billion industry globally, with 52 percent of that money being spent in the United States, Swiss Re said in a report released Thursday. The reinsurer said ...
Executives On The Move at AIG, AXIS, W.R. Berkley and Liberty Mutual
AIG chose a new Chief Human Resources Officer. AXIS Insurance appointed a new head of its U.S. Excess Casualty team. W. R. Berkley Corporation picked a new head for the Lloyd's managing agent for W. ...