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Zurich Insurance, Metromile Disclose Their Post-COVID Return-to-Office Plans
Zurich Insurance and Metromile are among a number of industry companies that have plotted post- COVID returns to the office. Like the others who have recently disclosed their plans, they are doing so ...
FDA Slaps ‘Most Serious’ Label on Philips Ventilator Recall Over Low Oxygen Risk
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday classified the recent recall of some of Philips' ventilators as Class 1, or the most serious type of recall, saying the use of these devices may cause ...
Amid Hot Real Estate Market, InsurTech Hippo Eyes a Cool $638M Listing Today
Hippo Enterprises Inc. wants to change homeowners' insurance by using customer data to make it faster and easier to get coverage, Hippo's chief executive said in an interview. The company, which has ...
Future Earnings Could Be Hurt by U.S. Probes of Investment Funds, Allianz Says
Allianz SE said earnings could be materially hurt by a U.S. Justice Department investigation into its Structured Alpha Funds, which are at the center of lawsuits after they incurred steep losses at ...
Zoom Settles ‘Zoombombing’ and Privacy Rights Lawsuit for $85M
Zoom Video Communications Inc. agreed to pay $85 million and bolster its security practices to settle a lawsuit claiming it violated users' privacy rights by sharing personal data with Facebook, ...
New Securities Class Actions Decline 25% in First Half of Year
Plaintiffs filed 112 new securities class action lawsuits in federal and state courts in the first half of 2021, down 25% from the second half of 2020. This was the lowest number of filings since the ...CNA Finished Strong in Q2 After Ransomware Attack
CNA Financial Corp. (CNA) announced second quarter 2021 net income of $368 million versus $151 million in the prior year quarter. The quarter saw improvement in the underlying combined ratio, very ...
Insurance Withdrawal Puts Sports and Festival Events at Risk
While there was debate about the wisdom of the Tokyo Olympics proceeding as scheduled given the current health conditions, the insurance industry dodged a bullet with the go-ahead. According to ...