Court Upholds Decision Not to Certify Class in Washington Auto Case February 14, 2022 The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the district court’s decision declining to certify a proposed damages class in...
UK Hospitality Groups Are Back in Court With Insurers Over Lockdown Losses January 21, 2022 By Kirstin Ridley and Carolyn Cohn Some of the world’s biggest insurers are bracing as a second wave of multi-million-pound lawsuits, brought by struggling British pubs,...
People Moves: Garland to Be President of State Auto After Liberty Mutual Acquisition December 9, 2021 Liberty Mutual Insurance plans to appoint Kim Garland as president of State Auto Financial Corp. following the completion of Liberty...
Jury Awards $42 million to South Dakota Woman Injured at Work November 16, 2021 A Pennington County jury has awarded $42 million to a Rapid City woman after she was denied medical benefits from...
People Moves: Pancoast Moves to Ironshore E&S; PwC’s Coggins Leads Actuaries; McLean Joins Lockton from Willis November 8, 2021 Pancoast to Head Ironshore’s E&S Primary Casualty Adam Pancoast has been named to lead the excess and surplus Primary Casualty...
Liberty Mutual Is Moving Its 2,200 Exclusive Agents to Its New Digital Agency November 5, 2021 Liberty Mutual Insurance, the nation’s sixth-largest personal lines property/casualty insurer, is planning to transition its more than 2,200 exclusive insurance...
J.D. Power Agents’ Survey Reveals Top-Ranked P/C Carriers (Story in Charts) October 8, 2021 Neglected no more. Independent agents are feeling the love from property/casualty insurance carriers—and the scores they are giving carriers are...
How One Citizen’s Damage Claim Against Mississippi City Upended Her Life August 16, 2021 By Isabelle Taft The evening before Hurricane Zeta made landfall, Vicki Dean and her husband, Kenny, were curious to see if the distant...
Marsh Brokers New Amazon Insurance Network Offering Coverage to Online Sellers August 10, 2021 Insurance broker Marsh said it has collaborated with Amazon to build a new digital insurance network, Amazon Insurance Accelerator, where...
Fitch Sees No Ratings Change, ‘Modest Benefit’ for Liberty Mutual in State Auto Buy July 29, 2021 Fitch Ratings said it does not expect Liberty Mutual Holding Co. Inc.’s ratings to be impacted by its planned acquisition...