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At Least 18 Dead Due to Storm Slamming U.S. South
A dangerous weekend weather system killed at least 18 people in the U.S. South, with Georgia officials reporting more than a dozen deaths on Sunday after severe thunderstorms and tornadoes buffeted ...
Bankers Worry UK PM Is Underestimating Time Needed for Proper Brexit
Global banks, already accelerating plans to pull back from London as Brexit looms, are increasingly concerned that Prime Minister Theresa May is underestimating the time they'll need to adjust to the ...
Verisk Expands Casualty Analytics Capabilities With UK Acquisition
Verisk Analytics now owns Arium, a British company focused on liability risk modeling and decision support. Neither side disclosed financial terms, but the acquisition is the latest in a series of ...
2017 Forecast: Financial Experts Offer Cautious Optimism for P/C Insurers
Financial experts are expressing cautious optimism for the P/C industry as it heads into 2017, though they say that multiple factors will continue to pose a challenge. Perhaps one of the biggest ...
International Insurance Society Launches Global Certification Program
The International Insurance Society (IIS) has announced the formation of the Global Centers of Insurance Excellence (GCIE), a certification program designed to recognize universities and colleges ...
Insurers Can be Too Risky But Not Too Big: NAIC President
Although the Financial Stability Oversight Council created by Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act could serve an incredibly useful purpose, FSOC's activities so far have been ...
CEO Survey: Execs Say ‘No Thank You’ to U.S. President Role
Only 15 percent of nearly 1,500 corporate executives surveyed would have an interest in being President of the United States instead of being chief executive officer of their own companies, according ...
Cost of Workplace Injuries Trends Downward: Liberty Mutual
Workplace injuries and accidents that cause employees to miss six or more days of work cost U.S. employers $59.9 billion in 2014, the most recent year for which statistically valid injury data are ...