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Allianz Expanding Climate Strategy, Doesn’t Want to Insure Coal Operations

May 10 2018 // The Allianz Group “is significantly expanding its climate strategy.”The German insurance giant recently announced a commitment to support the change to a low-carbon economy over the coming decades, and is...

White House Hosts Meeting on Future of Artificial Intelligence

May 10 2018 // The White House plans to convene a meeting on Thursday on the future of artificial intelligence in U.S. industry with major companies including Facebook Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Google parent Alphabet Inc. and Oracle Corp....

U.S. Cyber Market Is $2 Billion, Growing Fast, Profitable: Fitch

May 10 2018 // Cyber insurance coverage continues to be one of the fastest growing segments and represents a significant growth opportunity for U.S. property/casualty insurers, according to Fitch Ratings in a new report.The market has...

U.S. Selects 10 Drone Test Projects

May 10 2018 // The U.S. Transportation Department’s 10 winning drone pilot projects aimed at spurring the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in a wide variety of fields do not include Amazon.com Inc. and China’s DJI, but do...

AXA Raises $2.75 Billion in Year’s Biggest IPO

May 9 2018 // U.S. initial public offerings have the seismic changes in the insurance industry to thank for 2018’s biggest share sale.Axa Equitable Holdings Inc. sold 137.25 million shares at $20 each on Wednesday to raise $2.75...

Drugs in Workforce at Highest in Decade But Opiates Decline: Quest Diagnostics

May 9 2018 // Drug use by the American workforce remains at its highest rate in more than a decade, driven by increases in cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana. However, prescription opiate positivity rates have declined.Nationally,...

Oil Companies Ask Judge to Kill NYC’s Global Warming Lawsuit

May 9 2018 // Five of the world’s biggest oil companies asked a judge to throw out New York City’s lawsuit seeking to hold them responsible for costs related to the environmental changes caused by their products.BP Plc,...

The Safest and Most Dangerous Cities in the U.S.

May 8 2018 // Michigan has three and Florida two in a list of the top 10 most dangerous cities in the U.S. produced by a security industry group using FBI crime data.Based on average rate of violent crime per 100,000 population, the top...

CoreLogic® Offers Unique Perspective to HayWired Earthquake Scenario in Conjunction with the United States Geological Survey (USGS)

May 7 2018 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic.Situated along the eastern edge of the Pacific Ocean’s “Ring of Fire,” California is in the middle of earthquake country, and planning for the next one...

US Disaster Assistance OK’d for County After Oklahoma Wildfires

May 7 2018 // Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin says home and business owners in Dewey County who sustained uninsured damage from wildfires can now receive disaster assistance from the U.S. Small Business Administration. Fallin says the...

Hartford Insurtech Hub Gives 10 Startups Shots at Partnerships with Insurers

May 7 2018 // Emerging from a 10-week accelerator program, 10 technology-powered insurance startups presented ideas for enhanced customer engagement, cyber security, digital health, smart home products and supply chain management at the...

Business Moves

May 7 2018 // Sedgwick, Cunningham LindseyMemphis, Tenn.-based global claims services firm Sedgwick has finalized the acquisition of competitor global loss adjusting and claims management firm, Cunningham Lindsey and its subsidiaries....

Small Businesses Hampered by Uninsured Losses After 2017 Hurricanes: Fed Reserve

May 7 2018 // Small businesses in the United States struggled with uninsured damages and lost revenue following a record-breaking year of hurricanes and wildfires in 2017, according to a Federal Reserve survey published in April.The...

Ancient Artifacts Seized From Hobby Lobby Returned to Iraq

May 4 2018 // Thousands of ancient clay tablets, seals and other Iraqi archaeological objects that were smuggled into the U.S. and shipped to the head of the Oklahoma-based arts and crafts chain Hobby Lobby were returned to the Iraqi...

With Flood Risk Rising, Coastal Real Estate Looks a Lot Like a Junk Bond: Viewpoint

May 4 2018 // A friend of mine who is a bit of a climate-change skeptic once challenged me with this question: If climate change is such a pressing danger, why haven’t coastal real estate prices crashed?It’s a fair question....

Insurer Sees Growth in Insurance Market for Telemedicine Providers

May 4 2018 // As the U.S. market for telemedicine continues to expand, so does demand for insurance coverage for these providers, according to Beazley, which launched its product last summer.The U.S. is the largest and most mature...

Texas-Based Karolyis, Others Sued by Gymnast Over Team Doctor’s Abuse

May 3 2018 // A former member of the U.S. national team on became the latest gymnast to file suit over sexual abuse by imprisoned former sports doctor Larry Nassar’s, alleging USA Gymnastics, the U.S. Olympic Committee and the...

Lawsuits Seek to Hold Opioid Makers Responsible for Insurance Premium Hikes

May 3 2018 // Makers and distributors of the prescription opioids that triggered a U.S. public health crisis are responsible for a rise in health insurance premiums, according to first-of-their-kind lawsuits filed in five states.The...

U.S. Safety Chief Contradicts Tesla Safety Claims on Autopilot

May 3 2018 // A U.S. traffic safety regulator on Wednesday contradicted Tesla Inc.’s claim that the agency had found that its Autopilot technology significantly reduced crashes, saying that regulators “did not assess”...

Facebook Loses Bid to Delay EU Data Privacy Suit

May 2 2018 // Ireland’s High Court has refused a request by Facebook to delay referral to Europe’s top court of a landmark privacy case that could strike down legal instruments used by U.S. tech companies to transfer EU...