Insurance Makes ‘Essential Business’ List for States Restricting Commerce Due to Virus March 24, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson Insurance industry professionals might take some pride in knowing that they are considered essential. In states where only essential businesses...
Ransomware Attacks, Funds Demanded Soared in 2019: Beazley March 24, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson The number of ransomware attack notifications against insurance clients increased by 131 percent in 2019 and the funds demanded by...
Pressure Builds on Insurers to Be Part of Coronavirus Business Solution March 20, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson While legislators in Washington and states try to fashion financial relief for businesses interrupted by the public health actions related...
Investor Suit Alleges Pharma Company Made False Claim of COVID-19 Vaccine March 18, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson Pennsylvania-based Inovio Pharmaceuticals is the target of a planned class action lawsuit alleging it falsely claimed it has developed a...
Study Finds Bias Against Job Candidates Motivated by Pay, Benefits March 18, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson People with work they are passionate about say it doesn’t even feel like a job. But that doesn’t have to...
U.S. Cybersecurity Report Calls for Major Government Role in Cyber Insurance March 11, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson A major government report on cybersecurity that warns the nation is seriously underprepared for cyber attacks calls for the creation...
Handshakes, Buffets Out. Otherwise It’s Insurance Conferences-as-Usual Amid Coronavirus. March 3, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson As the coronavirus and its COVID-19 disease spread, Insurance professionals going to industry conferences over the next few weeks and...
Agency M&As: Private Equity Still in Driver’s Seat; Digital Agencies Attract Attention March 2, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson The private equity bandwagon continued to roll through the insurance agency and brokerage mergers and acquisitions territory in 2019. As...
Intuit to Acquire Credit Karma for $7.1 Billion February 25, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, QuickBooks and Mint, has agreed to acquire Credit Karma, the consumer technology platform, for approximately...
But Wait. Here’s ‘The Rest of The Story’ on Buffett’s Lubrizol February 24, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson In his firm’s annual report released this weekend, Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett included a side note on one of...