October 20, 2016
New Mexico officials ran into fresh criticism Tuesday about revisions to the state’s immigrant driver’s license law at a public hearing on the proposed regulations. The Department of Taxation and Revenue has said its plan to implement a law approved …
October 20, 2016
Volkswagen AG and car owners will likely secure a federal judge’s final sign-off on their $14.7 billion settlement as the automaker continues to seek regulators’ approval of a fix for 482,000 pollution-spewing vehicles still on U.S. roads. U.S. District Judge …
October 20, 2016
American International Group Inc. agreed to sell commercial and consumer units in nations including Argentina and Turkey to Prem Watsa’s Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. for $240 million as Chief Executive Officer Peter Hancock narrows his company’s focus. Fairfax will also …
October 19, 2016
With the expected exodus of thousands of skilled claims professionals within the next few years, concern is growing among insurers in how to best address the need for experienced claims employees. In an exclusive claims executive roundtable with Claims Journal, …
October 19, 2016
Getting robbed at gunpoint is a horrifying enough experience. But if you’re Kim Kardashian West, you can pretty easily replace your jewelry (since we can assume it was insured). More valuable than the reported $11.2 million in ice that was …
October 19, 2016
Assurant Inc., the insurer that sells coverage protecting mobile phones and homes, posted the second-biggest decline in the S&P 500 Index after third-quarter profit slumped. The insurer dropped $4.82, or 5.3 percent, to $86.48 at 10:06 a.m. in New York …
October 19, 2016
A self-driving car with two engineers on board was switching lanes in Singapore when it hit a truck Tuesday, authorities said. No one was hurt. The vehicle was operated by autonomous vehicle software startup nuTonomy, which made headlines last month …
October 19, 2016
Location, energy sources and data protection are among some of the risk factors businesses need to consider when selecting a supplier, according to QBE North America, an operating division of global insurer QBE Insurance Group Limited. The insurer released a …
October 19, 2016
Mitchell Partners With Tractable to Bring AI to the Insurance Claims Process Calif.-based Mitchell International, a technology, connectivity and information solution provider to the property & casualty insurance industry announced an exclusive partnership in North America with Tractable, a UK-based …
October 19, 2016
The average cyber breach claim for a large company was almost $6 million, according to the findings released by NetDiligence in its latest study on cyber claim costs. The sixth annual study of cyber claim payouts by the cyber risk …