Insurance
MarketScout: Q2 Composite Personal Lines Rates Up 4.6%; Commercial Up 2.8%
According to the MarketScout Market Barometer, the composite rate for U.S. personal lines increased in the second quarter to 4.6%. U.S. personal lines rose an average 4.9% during the firth quarter. Dallas-based MarketScout, a division of Novatae Risk Group, said …
Read More Scientists Transplant Corals to Help Save Miami’s Reefs From Climate Change
A team of scientists from the University of Miami, the Florida Aquarium and Tela Marine in Honduras is working together to transplant crossbred coral fragments onto a reef off Miami’s coastline that was devastated by coral bleaching two years ago. …
Read More Chantal Rain Brings Flash Flood Worries in Carolinas, Virginia
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Chantal was downgraded to a depression Sunday but raised concerns of possible flash flooding as it makes its way through central North Carolina toward south-central Virginia. Chantal made landfall near Litchfield Beach, South Carolina, at …
Read More Marsh Suit Against Alliant Alleges Poaching of Commercial Surety Team, Accounts
Insurance broker Marsh USA is suing rival Alliant Insurance Services, this time for allegedly poaching key commercial surety employees and clients. New York-based Marsh is accusing California-based Alliant of inducing key commercial surety employees to breach their non-solicitation and confidentiality …
Read More Maryland Unveils Details of Telematics Programs, Practices and Popularity
The number of Maryland auto insurance policies enrolled in a telematics program has been consistently growing, increasing by about 45% from 2021 to 2023. About 55% of the enrolled policies experienced an increase or decrease in premiums, according to results …
Read More Ship Hit in Red Sea as Israel Strikes Houthi-Controlled Ports
Multiple small vessels attacked a ship in the Red Sea near Yemen’s Al Hudaydah port, causing a fire on board and prompting the crew to abandon ship before the Israel army carried out airstrikes on Houthi-controlled ports in Yemen. The …
Read More UK Business ‘Struggling to See’ What’s Pro-Business About Labour
Before taking office last July, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves met business leaders over a series of breakfasts that became known as the smoked salmon and scrambled eggs offensive. British bosses were clamoring for change after 14 years …
Read More Louis Vuitton Korea Suffers Cyberattack as Customer Data Leaked
Louis Vuitton Korea suffered a cyberattack that compromised some customer data, the second time in recent months that hackers have targeted the world’s largest luxury group. The Korean unit of LVMH’s flagship brand said an “unauthorized third party” accessed its …
Read More Texas Officials Under Scrutiny Over Lack of Warning Systems in Deadly Flood
Before heading to bed before the Fourth of July holiday, Christopher Flowers checked the weather while staying at a friend’s house along the Guadalupe River. Nothing in the forecast alarmed him. Hours later, he was rushing to safety: He woke …
Read More South Korea Penalizes ‘Negligent’ SK Telecom Over Major Data Leak
South Korean authorities ordered on Friday SK Telecom to strengthen data security and imposed a fine after the country’s biggest mobile carrier was hit by a cyberattack that caused the leak of 26.96 million pieces of user data. The measures …
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