Origami Risk, a risk, safety and insurance software as a service (SaaS) technology firm, has developed new online tools for healthcare providers, nursing homes and employers in all sectors to track employee COVID-19 vaccinations as well as to monitor and …
Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies has added Georgia to the list of states where it company offers its Accountants Professional Liability policy. Georgia is now the sixth state that the insurer offers this product to go along with Arizona, Illinois, …
Commercial auto is one of the biggest, most problematic cost centers in the insurance industry. Its loss ratios are incredibly high — and growing — particularly in comparison with other P&C lines. This makes it hard for carriers to make …
Openly, an insurtech managing general agency for high-end homeowners insurance, raised $40 million of venture capital from multiple investors. The investment will fuel a national expansion, hiring and further technological development. “The reception has been phenomenal,” Openly co-founder and CEO …
The U.S. National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday alleged Amazon.com Inc. illegally fired an employee this year who was raising alarm about workplace safety during the COVID-19 pandemic. Amazon associate Gerald Bryson was helping lead a protest outside a company …
Calabasas, Calif.-based Topa Insurance Group has named William Eyre to the board of directors. Eyre has more than 40 years of experience in the reinsurance industry, both in executive positions and sales. Eyre is currently managing director at Pinnacle Risk …
Auto casualty claimants are avoiding hospital emergency rooms during the COVID-19 pandemic but are generating increased hospital charges anyway, according to a new report by Mitchell, a San Diego-based claims administrator. “Anecdotally, we have heard that some people have been …
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles based on panels and presentations during Insurance Journal’s 2020 Insuring Cannabis Summit on Nov. 19. Diversity needs to be more than a mere buzzword in the cannabis industry. That was …
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft was breached in the massive hacking campaign disclosed by U.S. officials this week, according to people familiar with the matter, adding a top technology target to a growing list of vital government agencies. The Redmond, Washington, …
Everest Insurance has released a new architects and engineers professional liability policy to provide design professionals with professional, pollution and cyber liability coverage. Everest Elevation was developed to address the coverage needs of architectural, design, engineering and construction firms, and …