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Wisconsinites Push for Safeguards in Prescription Drug Step Therapy Process
Apr 22 2019 // People struggling with chronic diseases joined doctors and other advocates in making the case on April 17 for a bipartisan proposal in the Wisconsin Legislature designed to make it easier for patients to get needed...
Fitch Keeps Stable Outlook for P/C Insurers After Underwriting Profit in 2018
Apr 22 2019 // After two consecutive years of combined ratios above 100, the U.S. property/casualty industry returned to a modest statutory underwriting profit in 2018 as catastrophe losses slowed, premium growth accelerated and several...
AIG Settles Another Claim Against Cosby, Who Again Blasts Insurer
Apr 18 2019 // Bill Cosby’s insurance company has settled another lawsuit filed by a female accuser a week before the imprisoned comedian was set to give a deposition in the case, prompting Cosby to call the insurer...
Catastrophe Insurer Palomar Announces IPO Pricing, Shares Rise 1st Day of Trading
Apr 17 2019 // La Jolla, Calif.-based Palomar Holdings Inc. this week announced the pricing of its initial public offering of its common stock at a price of $15 per share and in its first day of trading on Wednesday it had at one point...
Missouri Department Receives 8K Complaints Against Insurers in 3-Year Span
Apr 17 2019 // Over a three-year period between 2016 and 2018, the Missouri Department of Insurance received almost 8,000 complaints against companies providing selected lines of insurance, according to a report recently released by the...
Washington Commissioner Fines Pet Insurer $25K
Apr 16 2019 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler issued fines in March totaling $158,000 against insurance companies, agents and brokers for violating state insurance regulations, including one fine of $25,000 levied...
Government and Benefactors, Not Insurers, to Bear Cost of Notre Dame Rebuilding
Apr 16 2019 // Major European insurers expect France to bear the bulk of the cost of rebuilding the Notre-Dame Cathedral after a fire tore through the eight-centuries-old Paris landmark on Monday. The cost of a likely multi-year...
Why Uber ‘Depends Heavily’ on Insurance
Apr 15 2019 // Uber Technologies Inc., on its way to an initial public offering that some media reports say could raise $10 billion, might not be in the position it is in without insurance. “Our business depends heavily on...
Insurers Are Curious, Cautious When It Comes to Chatbots for Claims
Apr 15 2019 // The insurance industry is slowly recognizing the potential of chatbots to free up resources and improve customer service, even as it recognizes the potential of the technology to sour relationships with customers,...
AM Best Upgrades Issuer Credit Rating of Louisiana Workers’ Comp Insurer Stonetrust
Apr 12 2019 // AM Best has upgraded the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) to “bbb+” from “bbb” and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B++ (Good) of Stonetrust Commercial Insurance Co....
Texas Releases New Guidelines for Insurer Catastrophe Data Collection, Reporting
Apr 12 2019 // Applying lessons learned after Hurricane Harvey, the Texas Department of Insurance has upgraded its procedures for collecting and reporting data following a disaster. TDI recently released its new catastrophe data...
Foreign Insurers Eye China’s $1.6 Trillion Private Pension Business
Apr 12 2019 // Foreign insurers including Generali and Prudential Plc are in early talks with authorities to enter China’s private pensions sector, people with knowledge of the matter said, as Beijing opens up to overseas...
Fitch Warns Bond Insurers After Court’s Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Ruling
Apr 12 2019 // A U.S. Appeals Court ruling last month in Puerto Rico’s bankruptcy led Fitch Ratings on Thursday to place seven city, school, and health care ratings in states including Illinois and California on a watch list for...
Canada Insurer The Co-operators Buys Robinson & Associates Insurance Brokers
Apr 12 2019 // Canadian insurer The Co-operators announced it has purchased Robinson & Associates Insurance Brokers in Niagara Falls and Ridgeway, Ontario. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. The brokerage’s...
California Committee Passes Bill to Require Large Insurers to Report Supplier, Governing Board Diversity
Apr 10 2019 // California’s Senate Insurance Committee on Wednesday passed legislation aimed at promoting diversity in the state’s insurance industry. Senate Bill 534, introduced by Sen. Steven Bradford, D-Gardena, would...
Louisiana Workers’ Comp Insurer Declares $51M Policyholder Dividend
Apr 10 2019 // Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based workers’ compensation mutual insurer, LWCC, will distribute a $51 million dividend for 2018 to more than 20,000 policyholders in mid-April. This amount represents one-fourth of the...
What’s In Store for Insurance Industry As It Enters Post-Digital Era?
Apr 10 2019 // The insurance industry is entering a new “post-digital” era where success is based on an organization’s ability to master artificial intelligence (AI) and other new technologies. The post-digital era...
NCDOI: State’s Captive Insurance Program Continues Steady Growth
Apr 10 2019 // North Carolina continues to experience growth in its captive insurance industry as it enters its sixth year and has emerged as one of the nation’s leading captive insurance domiciles, according to a statement from...
Insurers Oppose Premium Tax to Fund Washington’s Wildfire Prevention
Apr 9 2019 // Lobbyists for the property/casualty insurance industry are trying to prevent a $125 million jump in the state of Washington’s insurance premium tax that would fund wildfire prevention and suppression. The tax would...
Insurers Pitch Quick-Paying Parametric Disaster Insurance to Public Sector
Apr 9 2019 // Some of the world’s largest insurers are eagerly pitching cities, states and even school districts on policies designed to pay out quickly with few questions in the event of extreme weather. The catch: Even a...
