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A Guide to What Matters to Gen Zers, the Next Class of Insurance Recruits

Today’s insurance labor market is colored by the rapid graying of the workforce. The industry’s growing retirement rate and burgeoning skills and knowledge gap are creating a candidate-driven market. As many positions held by long-tenured professionals continue to go unfilled, …

Learning from Equifax Breach Where Growth Outpaced Security

Equifax Inc. failed to modernize its technology security to match the company’s aggressive growth strategy and data gathering, a shortcoming that left it open to the 2017 hack that compromised the information of 148 million people, according to a House …

Olympus to Pay $85 Million for Failing to Report Medical Device Contamination Risks

An Olympus Corp. subsidiary pleaded guilty on Monday and agreed to pay $85 million to resolve charges that it failed to file reports with U.S. regulators regarding infections connected to its duodenoscopes while continuing to sell the medical devices used …

Fed Chair Says Wells Fargo Must Address Risk Management Before Any Growth

Wells Fargo & Co. must keep a lid on its growth until the bank has hardened its risk management policies to prevent any further abuse of its customers, said Jerome Powell, chairman of the Federal Reserve. In February, the Fed …

Commercial Lines Insurance Prices Up Slightly in 3Q 2018 Over 2017

Commercial insurance prices in the U.S. increased by more than two percent in the third quarter of 2018, according to the Willis Towers Watson Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey (CLIPS). The survey compared prices charged on policies written during the …

A.M. Best Sees Private Passenger Auto Turnaround, Stable Outlook for 2019

Ratings analysts at A.M. Best said improved underwriting performance in the private passenger auto line of business, lower—albeit still elevated— catastrophe experience and favorable investment returns have convinced them to maintaining a stable market segment outlook for the personal lines …

How to Deliver Restaurants from Risks of Take-Out Boom

With a growing number of apps and on-demand services, millennials in particular are increasingly ordering take-out food from their favorite restaurants. As more restaurants expand services into delivery, risk managers must be mindful about vehicle exposures and aggressively manage not …

The Bad News About High Auto Insurance Customer Satisfaction

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 …

AIG Expands Coverage as Whisky Collecting Gains Among Wealthy

With prices of rare whisky soaring into the six and seven digits, ensuring that precious spirit is protected is not only recommended but essential, says Ron Fiamma, head of global collections at AIG’s private client group. The insurance giant has …

Markel CATCo Reports U.S., Bermuda Inquiries into Reserves

On Friday Dec .7, Markel Corp. said it was fully cooperating with inquiries by U.S. and Bermuda authorities into loss reserves recorded in late 2017 and early 2018 at Markel CATCo Investment Management Ltd., the company’s investment manager, and its …

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