Waves of severe thunderstorms in the U.S. during the first half of this year created an unprecedented level of financial damage in such a short time, according to Swiss Re Group, as climate change contributes to the frequency and severity of violent meteorological events.
Hartford-based Covr Financial Technologies announced that Ron Alexander has been appointed as president and head of innovation.
Hartford-based Covr Financial Technologies announced that Jim Gothers has been appointed as head of national sales for its financial institution business.
A major insurer is limiting its coverage of companies in the fossil fuel business, citing concerns about climate change.
Many – if not most – homeowners aren’t prepared for a flood, tornado or other natural disaster. And neither, apparently, are their insurance companies.
A marine surveyor says modifications that Nathan Carman made to his boat before a fishing trip with his mother would have made the vessel unseaworthy.
A civil trial getting underway in Providence will determine whether insurance companies should cover Nathan Carman’s $85,000 claim for his boat that sank off New England in 2016.
The signature domestic proposal by the leading progressive candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination came under attack from moderates in a debate that laid bare the struggle between a call for revolutionary health insurance policies and a desperate desire to defeat President Donald Trump.
Covr Financial Technologies, an insurtech firm in the life insurance space, has opened its corporate office in the NassauRe building in downtown Hartford.
A Shelton insurance agency is joining a Bangor, Maine-based independent insurance provider.
Gov. Ned Lamont today announced Friday he is nominating Andrew N. Mais of Wilton to serve as commissioner of the Connecticut Insurance Department.
A Hartford reinsurance company is launching a new insurtech incubator in the city.
The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. on Monday reported fourth-quarter net income of $196 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.
Homeowners’ insurance rates rose 2.9 percent on average in Connecticut last year, with a half-dozen underwriters entering the market last year
The Hartford has purchased Y-Risk, a managing general underwriter specializing in the sharing and on-demand economy.
At its Silicon Valley headquarters, network gear maker Cisco Systems Inc. is going to unusual lengths to take control of the relentless increase in its U.S. health care costs.
Legislation creating a paid family and medical leave insurance program in Connecticut has narrowly cleared a key vote.
Connecticut is considering imposing a state review whenever prescription drug prices rise beyond a certain threshold.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has vetoed a bill that restored $54 million to a program that helps more than 100,000 seniors and people with disabilities pay for Medicare-related expenses.
New York City is halting a $9.6 million incentive package offered to Aetna to move its headquarters to the city.
