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Mauritius Seeks Compensation from Owners of Cargo Vessel After Massive Oil Spill

Aug 12 2020 // Mauritius is seeking compensation from the owners of the cargo carrier that run aground and spilled oil off its coast, causing the island nation’s worst ever ecological disaster.More than half of about 1,000 tons of...

Teri Colburn Promoted to Regional Vice President, Managing Broker of Breckenridge Insurance Services

Aug 4 2020 // Atlanta, GA, August 4, 2020 — Breckenridge Insurance Services is pleased to announce the promotion of Teri Colburn to regional vice president, managing broker for wholesale brokerage and binding operations in the...

The Hartford Achieves Q2 Profit; Next Up Is Cutting Jobs, Investing in IT to Trim Expenses

Jul 31 2020 // The Hartford emerged from the second quarter’s COVID-19 related challenges with an overall profit and a plan to reduce expenses through “headcount reductions,” information technology investments and other...

Lloyd’s Launches Culture Dashboard, Sets Gender Target for Market

Jul 31 2020 // The Lloyd’s re/insurance market has launched a Culture Dashboard and has set a gender target for the market supported by a commitment to achieve parity between men and women over the next decade.These measures mark...

Guy Carpenter Names Piatti as Managing Director of Global Risk Solutions

Jul 28 2020 // Guy Carpenter announced today the appointment of Andrea Piatti as a managing director, Global Risk Solutions.Piatti will be responsible for serving clients in the customized reinsurance space across Europe and Middle East...

Workers Compensation Rates Could Start Rising in 2021, Says W.R. Berkley CEO

Jul 28 2020 // For W.R. Berkley Corp. and most other workers’ compensation carriers, rates have declined for some time. That trend could start reversing itself starting in 2021, CEO W. Robert Berkley Jr. predicted recently.“I...

Workers’ Compensation Rates Won’t Be Adjusted for Coronavirus Experience This Year

Jul 27 2020 // The workers’ compensation line is unlikely to generate a profit this year and may not recover in 2021, an insurance industry economist said during a webcast Thursday.Steven N. Weisbart, senior vice president and...

Brit’s Digital Syndicate Ki Taps Hearsum from Marsh JLT Specialty as Managing Director

Jul 22 2020 // Ki, the first fully digital and algorithmically driven Lloyd’s of London syndicate, launched in collaboration with Brit Ltd. and Google Cloud, has announced the appointment of Dan Hearsum as managing director....

France Weighs Insurance Options to Protect Companies, Jobs from Future Pandemics

Jul 21 2020 // The French government is looking at ways to shield companies from the impact of future pandemics.The goal is to protect companies and jobs from the damage that major events such as pandemics can cause, Finance Minister...

People Analytics in the Age of COVID-19

Jul 20 2020 // Insurance organizations have recently been navigating a number of talent shifts in a short amount of time. Organizations that did not previously have remote work strategies in place have had to quickly implement programs...

Are You Really Interested in Learning to Do Your Job Better?

Jul 20 2020 // One of my favorite books and movies is The Milagro Beanfield War. It takes place in the ’70s in a small, poverty stricken, dirt street northern New Mexico village. It’s close to a third world village, and into...

Viewpoint: Changing How We Recruit – The Future of Insurance Post COVID-19

Jul 16 2020 // Typically each spring, a crop of fresh college graduates enters the workforce, making the critical first steps to determine personal and professional paths. Today, the job landscape differs greatly from what it was even a...

Insurance Agency and Brokerage M&A Trends to Watch Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

Jul 16 2020 // The COVID-19 pandemic has created challenges for many businesses across the globe, including the insurance industry. But so far, the insurance broker merger and acquisition (M&A) market has remained active even as the...

Maryland Auto Executive Director McCurdy Retires, Reflects on 38-Year Career

Jul 15 2020 // When Mark McCurdy informed Maryland Auto Insurance’s Board of Trustees in July 2019 of his intention to retire this year, he never imagined that the few months ahead of his retirement would involve leading the...

Essential Workers With COVID-19 Face Workers’ Compensation Uncertainty

Jul 13 2020 // Lauded for their service and hailed as everyday heroes, essential workers who get the coronavirus on the job have no guarantee in most states they’ll qualify for workers’ compensation to cover lost wages and...

Aviva’s New Boss Has One of Toughest Jobs in European Finance: Opinion

Jul 8 2020 // It’s time for someone else to have a go at one of the toughest jobs in European finance: deciding the future of Aviva Plc.The UK insurer’s pick of Amanda Blanc as chief executive officer has brought a leader...

Louisiana Workforce Agency to Get $3.45M to Boost Apprenticeships, Job Growth

Jul 7 2020 // The Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) will receive $3.45 million from U.S. Department of Labor to support the expansion of its registered apprenticeship programs.The funding received, is part of the USDOL’s...

Health Insurer Centene to Develop $1B North Carolina Regional Hub, Create 3,200 Jobs

Jul 7 2020 // Government health insurance provider Centene Corp. said on Wednesday it will build an East Coast campus in Charlotte, North Carolina, developing a $1 billion construction project that’s expected to create more than...

101 Ways Coronavirus Crisis Has Changed P/C Insurance Pros’ View of Their Job. Or Not.

Jul 7 2020 // Has the coronavirus experience changed how property/casualty insurance professionals view their jobs?Yes and no. The biggest change is that many in the industry learned they can do their job from home, and most, although...

American Companies Facing Pressure to Reveal Data on Diversity of Employees

Jul 6 2020 // American companies are coming under increasing pressure from investors to publicly disclose information about diversity among employees in the wake of nationwide protests against racial discrimination.Many executives have...