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U.S. Crop-Insurance Claims Soar After Adverse Weather Curtails Planting
Insurance claims filed by U.S. farmers for crops they couldn't plant have jumped 48 percent this year, government data show, the latest indication of how adverse weather is curbing production of corn ...
Novarica: ‘Agile’ Methodology Is Transforming Insurance Industry IT Development
In the last seven years, the use of agile methodology across the insurance industry has gone from zero to 90 percent. The agile model, a newer software development approach, involves more ...
Claims Process Will Gain From Drones, AI and the IoT: Strategy Meets Action
Drones, artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) are considered the top three technologies that will impact claims, according to a new report by Boston-based insurance research ...
European Captive Insurers Using Solvency II Regs to Improve Themselves: A.M. Best
When Solvency II capital standards first became known, owners of captive insurers viewed the new regulations as burdensome and costly. But European captives and their owners view requirements as an ...
Congress Considers Ways to Reverse Surge in Illegal Drone Flights
U.S. lawmakers are considering steps to reverse a disturbing rise in illegal drone flights, including new government enforcement tools to crack down on rogue flyers, especially near airports, ...
Arab Bank Resolves U.S. Lawsuits Over Militant Attacks in Israel
Arab Bank Plc has agreed to settle litigation brought by hundreds of Americans who accused it of facilitating militant attacks in Israel, nearly a year after a U.S. jury found the bank liable. The ...
Executives On The Move at GEICO And ACE Group
GEICO promoted a veteran executive to one of its senior vice president positions. George Rogers assumes the title as well as responsibility for GEICO's operations in the Southeast and Midwest. As ...
Willis and UnipolSai Sponsor First Cat Bond For Italian Earthquake Risk
An Italian insurance company and a division of Willis Group Holdings plc completed what is billed as the insurance/reinsurance industry's first indemnity-trigger catastrophe bond for Italian ...