Like many medical workers around the world, the coronavirus pandemic is a burden that Fargo emergency room nurse Adam Johnston can’t escape. The grim reality follows him everywhere: at work, where people die every shift; at the grocery store, where …
Calabasas, Calif.-based Topa Insurance Group has promoted Susan Pavone to vice president of underwriting. Pavone will oversee the commercial underwriting of Topa Insurance Co. and be responsible for setting underwriting strategies, overall underwriting portfolio management, guidelines, and production. Pavone joined …
MJ Hall & Co. has added Maaika Marsh as a lead broker. Marsh is based in Chandler, Ariz. She has more than 10 years of experience in insurance brokerage in Arizona and California. Marsh has been focused on new business …
State Farm is sending sensors that can detect hazards in electric wiring to 40,000 homeowners in California, Arizona and Texas as part of a pilot project that will measure potential savings and customer acceptance. Mike Fields, a State Farm vice …
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Monday it was expanding a probe into nearly 159,000 Tesla Model S and Model X vehicles, upgrading it to an engineering analysis, a step required before it can seek to …
U.S. life insurers face questions about their ability to cover a sudden rush of claims after the Federal Reserve highlighted liquidity and leverage risks in a report this week. Issues the Fed focused on are not new: Life insurers have …
Some of Canada’s largest banks and insurers are set to participate in a pilot project to better understand the risks to the financial system from the transition to a low-carbon economy, Canada’s central bank and financial regulator said on Monday. …
Hurricane Iota slammed into Central America late Monday with ferocious winds and rain, threatening to cripple a region already reeling from a deadly storm two weeks ago. Iota, the most powerful Atlantic hurricane in a record-setting season, is moving along …
The world’s 10 largest insurance markets are cumulatively expected to see their gross domestic product (GDP) decrease by 4.5% in 2020 compared to 2019 because of COVID-19, according to a new Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) report. “All things being equal, …
Swiss Re announced the appointment of Agis Kitsikis as head of Client Markets P&C for Canada and English Caribbean, effective immediately. Kitsikis succeeds Stefan Behr, who recently accepted the position as Swiss Re’s head of Business Development for EMEA. In …