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Workers Comp Is Ongoing Target for Technology Investments: Fitch Ratings
Workers compensation insurers are ongoing targets for technology investments designed to keep the sector competitive and boost performance. Without it, market consolidation is likely, Fitch Ratings ...
Amazon Autonomous Delivery Robots Coming to Seattle Suburbs
Amazon.com Inc. will use robots to deliver packages in the suburbs north of Seattle, its latest experiment to automate the last-mile of delivery that's a labor-intensive and costly component of ...
Corporate America Already Planning for Climate Change Challenges, Business Interruption Risks
Bank of America Corp. worries flooded homeowners will default on their mortgages. The Walt Disney Co. is concerned its theme parks will get too hot for vacationers, while AT&T Inc. fears ...
J&J Will Pay $120M to Settle States’ Hip Implant Claims
Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy Orthopaedics unit have agreed to pay $120 million to resolve deceptive marketing claims by several U.S. states over the company's metal-on-metal hip implants. ...
White House Is Major 2019 Geopolitical Risk: I.I.I. Joint Industry Forum
As insurers track both old and new risks heading into 2019, here's one that carriers don't typically consider: The White House. David Wessel, director of The Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary ...
The Latest Launches From Bunker, BHSI, AXA and USAA
Bunker is now offering a real-time proof of insurance process for on-demand workers. Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance is expanding its North American Transactional Liability Insurance business ...
Travelers Seeking Higher Premiums in California After Two Years of Fire Losses
California's deadly wildfires are raising the specter of higher insurance premiums for homeowners in the state. After "two significant years in a row of losses, I think the discussion and the debate ...
InsurTech MGA Clearcover Pulls in $43M Series B; American Family Among Investors
American Family Insurance joined onto a new $43 million financing round for Clearcover, a managing general agent with an artificial intelligence-driven platform focused on car insurance. The Chicaco, ...