June 6, 2018
Cities in the U.S. and Canada stand to lose $92.96 billion per year to risks like market crash, cyber attack and flood, an index from Lloyd’s released today shows. Lloyd’s newly issued City Risk Index, which produces estimates of how …
June 6, 2018
Republicans are considering a fix to a provision in their new tax law that they acknowledge could inadvertently penalize victims of sexual harassment in the workplace. But congressional gridlock before midterm elections in November means there’s no guarantee that the …
June 6, 2018
A recently adopted tactic by U.S. health plans to limit the financial assistance drugmakers provide directly to consumers for prescription medicines is taking a toll on drug prices, according to a new analysis released on Tuesday. Real U.S. drug prices, …
June 6, 2018
Coalition, a technology-enabled cyber insurance provider, has launched a new cyber insurance offering specifically designed to address emerging risks, such as the internet of things (IoT), facing real estate developers, property managers, and other businesses across the real estate industry. …
June 5, 2018
Congressional efforts to curtail the federal government’s involvement in insurance regulation continue this week as a House panel is scheduled to consider a measure to trim the sails of the Federal Insurance Office (FIO). Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wisc., chairman of …
June 5, 2018
Renewal premiums for a majority of standard commercial lines products continued to trend up in May, according to the latest IVANS Index. The exceptions were commercial auto and umbrella, which still rose in May but not as much as in …
June 5, 2018
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday notified healthcare providers that it had received reports of five more deaths in patients using liquid-filled intragastric balloon systems to treat obesity, bringing the total death toll to 12 since 2016. The …
June 5, 2018
Lacking enough shareholder votes for approval, AmTrust Financial Services Inc. has postponed until June 21, 2018, the special meeting on a plan to take the insurer private. The meeting was originally scheduled for yesterday but the company said it does …
June 5, 2018
Recently, well-known insurtech start-up, Lemonade, announced the launch of a new product initiative called Policy 2.0. According to Lemonade, the project is meant to simplify the language within a standard insurance policy so that insureds can easily understand what is …
June 5, 2018
NationsBuilders Insurance Services, Inc. (NBIS) has formed a new market partner relationship with Old Republic Specialty Insurance Underwriters. NBIS is adding coverage authorized by Old Republic Specialty Insurance Underwriters to further its insurance options for the heavy equipment industry including: …