Chubb Chairman and CEO Evan Greenberg believes opportunity and incentives will encourage most executives to stay with the insurer in the wake of its recently completed mega-merger. “I don’t kid myself. We’re not going to keep everybody,” Greenberg said during …
Fire investigators say they’ve completed their investigation into a blaze that killed a woman working in a coffee stand where baristas wear bikinis. Everett Fire Department investigators said in a February news release the fire Jan. 7 was accidental and …
California workers’ compensation claim severity continues to increase, while claims frequency declines, according a newly released report. The latest California hospital report benchmarking workers’ comp costs by Milliman and Keenan Healthcare uses data from 35 hospital systems and individual facilities …
Hub International Ltd. named Sara Owens senior vice president of engagement. Owens will be responsible for engaging key constituents of Hub’s Los Angeles, Calif., operation. She will report to Andrew Forchelli, regional president of Hub International Los Angeles. Owens was …
Mercury Insurance is offering ridesharing insurance to cover Uber, Lyft and other transportation network company drivers in Arizona. The new coverage announced in February will provide drivers with insurance that will bridge the gap between their personal auto insurance and …
Legislation to create a workers’ compensation alternative in Tennessee is already facing serious setbacks in the new legislative session, despite being amended in 2015 and refiled in 2016. An emerging scandal involving one of the lawmakers sponsoring the bill may …
Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) Commissioner Julie Mix McPeak was elected as vice president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). McPeak was elected in a special election to fill the president-elect role vacated by former Kentucky …
The Tennessee State Fire Marshal’s Office issued a consumer alert about the potential fire hazards of so-called “hoverboard” toys after two recent fires in Nashville. One of the fires destroyed a $1 million home, the first confirmed house fire caused …
U.S. vehicle safety regulators have said the artificial intelligence system piloting a self-driving Google car could be considered the driver under federal law, a major step toward ultimately winning approval for autonomous vehicles on the roads. The National Highway Traffic …
Investigating officers from the Alabama Department of Insurance, Fire Marshal and Fraud Divisions announced the arrests of four suspects for allegedly staging structure fires, automobile accidents, vandalism, and personal injury “accidents” in order to receive fraudulent monetary claims from insurance …
