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Hub International Launches Captive for Hospitality Industry

Hub International Limited (HUB) has launched a hospitality captive, an exclusive member-owned group captive insurance program designed for hospitality clients. Through the use of a captive, hospitality clients can gain better insight into exposures and risks, and have the option …

Top 10 Market Conduct Actions Facing P/C Insurers

Untimely claims handling and failure to provide required compliant claims, underwriting, and policyholder service disclosures are the U.S. insurance industry’s top compliance shortcomings. That’s according to a review by Wolters Kluwer of U.S. insurers’ market conduct actions published by state …

How High Customer Expectations Raise the Bar for Insurance Industry

Record high customer satisfaction among auto insurance customers is clearly good news for customers, especially at a time when their overall customer experience is being tested by the rising cost of auto insurance. For insurers, on the other hand, record …

U.S. Safety Agency Probing Mercedes-Benz Recall Notice Practices

Mercedes-Benz USA is under investigation by U.S. safety regulators who say the luxury-auto maker may be taking too long to send safety recall notices to car owners and inform the government. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration told the unit …

Wells Fargo Says Repaying Auto Insurance Customers to Take Until 2020

Wells Fargo & Co. will not finish paying back the estimated 600,000 customers it wrongly charged for auto insurance until at least 2020, the bank said in a letter to U.S. lawmakers seen by Reuters. U.S. regulators slapped Wells Fargo …

Supreme Court to Weigh If Government Agencies Entitled to Challenge Patents

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to take up a dispute involving a small Alabama company that accused the U.S. Postal Service of infringing its patented mail processing system and improperly convincing a federal tribunal to cancel the patent. …

It’s a Very Different World for P/C Insurance Underwriters, Says Guy Carpenter

Property/casualty insurers’ operating environment today is very different than just a few short years ago. Lines that were stable are now volatile and those that have struggled are looking profitable, reinsurance intermediary Guy Carpenter & Co. says in its 2018 …

AFL Insurance Brokers Finds Good Strategic, Cultural Fit with U.S. MGA Zodiac

AFL Insurance Brokers, the London-based Lloyd’s broker, was looking for an MGA platform in the United States and found the perfect partner last month when it purchased Zodiac Insurance Services, which specializes in professional, entertainment and event insurance. It wasn’t …

Small Firms’ Access to Low Cost Health Plans Depends on State

As small business owners shop for 2019 health insurance, some will for the first time have the chance to join forces and buy cheaper insurance – depending on which state they’re in. New rules that began going into effect last …

MGM Resorts Looks to Settle with Las Vegas Shooting Victims

MGM Resorts International wants to negotiate a possible settlement with the victims of the Oct. 1, 2017, shooting at the Harvest Festival in Las Vegas, in which 58 people were killed and hundreds were wounded. The company and a group …

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