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U.S. Manufacturing Group Reportedly Hacked by China as Trade Talks Intensified
As trade talks between Washington and Beijing intensified earlier this year, suspected Chinese hackers broke into an industry group for U.S. manufacturers that has helped shape President Donald ...
Generali Takes on AXA With Debut of New Art Insurance Unit
Italian insurer Generali launched a new business Tuesday to cover art works, engaging as a poster boy the contemporary artist Maurizio Cattelan, whose gold-covered statue valued at 2.4 million euros ...
DataCubes Pulls in $15.2M Financing for Commercial Underwriting Decision Platform
DataCubes, developer of a platform designed to help commercial insurance carriers make underwriting decisions, has closed a $15.2 million round of financing. Plans for the money involve investment in ...
Insurance Premiums Will Grow 3 Percent Despite Economic Slowdown: Swiss Re
Global insurance premiums will grow 3 percent on average over the next two years even with an emerging global economic slowdown, Swiss Re said in its latest sigma report. Rising loss costs will fuel ...
Nationwide’s Latest Digital Platform Designed to Quicken Agent Quote Process
Nationwide has rolled out yet another digital platform, one designed to help agents quote policies for auto, homeowners and renters insurance in as little as two minutes. The platform, named ...
Some Argue Blockchain Enthusiasm Is Fading Quickly
For a technology that was supposed to transform and solve seemingly every problem in the world, the enthusiasm is fading pretty quickly. Blockchain, the underlying technology that powers ...
N.D. Insurance Commissioner Named World’s Tallest Politician
North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread has been named World's Tallest Politician (male) by Guinness World Records. Godfread is 6 feet 10 inches (210.767 centimeters) tall as verified in ...
Argo Group Hit With Ratings Agency Black Marks Over Governance Controversy
Standard & Poor's hit Argo Group International Holdings Lt. with a negative ratings outlook, due to an SEC subpoena about executive compensation and the abrupt "retirement" of longtime CEO Mark ...