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Wolfgram Named COO at Wisconsin’s Badger Mutual Insurance
Dan Wolfgram has been named chief operating officer of Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based Badger Mutual Insurance Co., effective Dec. 2, 2019. Wolfgram has more than 30 years of experience in the insurance industry. A longtime employee of R&R Insurance Services Inc. in …
POSTED NOVEMBER 21, 2019 6:25 AM |
The Doctors Co. in California Names Vanderlaan Chief Financial Officer
The Doctors Co. has promoted Marco Vanderlaan to chief financial officer and chief risk officer. Vanderlaan succeeds David Preimesberger, who assumes new roles as senior vice president for strategic planning and chief ethics officer. Vanderlaan has held a variety of …
POSTED NOVEMBER 21, 2019 6:00 AM |
Watch Out Finance, Business, Tech Workers. Artificial Intelligence Is Coming.
Artificial intelligence is coming for America’s high-paid professions as it creates winners and losers across the labor market like never before. White-collar jobs and better-educated occupations along with production workers are among the most susceptible to AI’s spread into the …
POSTED NOVEMBER 21, 2019 6:00 AM |
Report on California Workers’ Comp Shows Steady Independent Medical Review Activity
More than 15,400 independent medical reviews a month are issued in California’s worker’s compensation system, according to a new report from the Department of Industrial Relations. The DIR this week issued a progress report on the its independent medical review …
POSTED NOVEMBER 20, 2019 11:26 PM |
Markel Corp. Chairman Kirshner to Retire Next May; Steven Markel to Succeed Him
Specialty insurer Markel Corp. announced that Alan I. Kirshner, the company’s executive chairman and chairman of the board, will retire as a director and officer of the company in May, 2020. Kirshner has been with Markel for 60 years, serving …
POSTED NOVEMBER 20, 2019 10:17 PM |
California Commissioner Issues Emergency Notice to Expedite Wildfire Claims
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Wednesday issued an emergency notice to all property/casualty insurers doing business in California requesting they expedite claims handling for wildfire survivors to help them begin the recovery and rebuilding process more quickly. “I have …
POSTED NOVEMBER 20, 2019 8:50 PM |
Texas Windstorm Insurer’s Actuarial Committee Recommends 5% Rate Hike
When the board of directors of Texas’ property insurer of last resort for wind and hail along the Texas coast meets in December, its members will be considering a 5% rate increase recommended by the organization’s actuarial and underwriting committee. …
POSTED NOVEMBER 20, 2019 5:45 PM |
AXA XL Launches Risk Innovation Incubator Called ‘Cube’
AXA XL Insurance launched Cube, a risk innovation incubator, a six-week program designed to enable risk managers to work alongside AXA XL risk and innovation experts to develop innovative risk management solutions for their most complex risks. The program comprises …
POSTED NOVEMBER 20, 2019 5:31 PM |
Attempted Cyberattack Disrupts Louisiana Government Websites
Many of Louisiana’s state government websites and email systems were shut down because of what the governor’s office is describing as an attempted ransomware attack. The problem Monday disrupted business operations and online services across state agencies. Gov. John Bel …
POSTED NOVEMBER 20, 2019 5:26 PM |
More Acreage than First Thought Affected by North Dakota Keystone Pipeline Leak
A crude oil spill from the Keystone pipeline in eastern North Dakota has turned out to have affected almost 10 times the amount of land as first reported, a state regulator said. North Dakota environmental scientist Bill Suess said the …
POSTED NOVEMBER 20, 2019 5:23 PM |
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