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Latest Amtrak Crash Underscores Pending Deadline for Rail Safety System
Only about a quarter of U.S. railroad tracks that carry passenger trains have an anti-crash system that safety officials say could have prevented a fatal weekend crash, even though a year-end ...
Indio Technologies Pulls in $6M for Digital Commercial Insurance Broker Platform Expansion
Indio Technologies raised $6 million in new venture financing, money that will help expand the capabilities and use of its digital commercial insurance platform for brokers. The Series A financing ...
Insurers Can Take on Coverage Gaps as Disaster Costs and Frequency Rise
Although clear challenges can come with the increasing cost and frequency of global natural disasters, there could also be untapped opportunity for insurers to tackle coverage gaps, according to ...
XL Catlin Expands New P&B Aviation Insurance Platform With Added Features
XL Catlin has added enhancements to its new P&B aviation insurance platform in a push to give brokers more options. The carrier's VP Bind Speed platform was designed to boost its underwriting ...
Safety National Revamps Executive Team With Focus on New Growth
Safety National Casualty Corp. said that it is revamping much of its executive team in order to help support new growth at the carrier. The Missouri-based company provides coverage in areas including ...
Executives On The Move at Chubb, AIR Worldwide and Aon Benfield
Chubb brought on an AIG veteran as its new chief claims officer. AIR Worldwide has a new senior vice president of Global Resilience. Aon Benfield's UK arm named a new chief operating ...
Report: CFPB Pulls Back on Equifax Data Breach Probe
Mick Mulvaney, head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has pulled back from a full-scale probe of how Equifax Inc failed to protect the personal data of millions of consumers, according to ...
Apple, Cisco, Team With Allianz, Aon to Offer Cyber Policy Discounts
Apple Inc and Cisco Systems Inc have teamed up with insurer Allianz SE to offer discounts on cyber insurance to businesses that primarily use equipment from both technology companies, they said on ...