October 20
Moral Markets: New Concerns Carry Ethics to Next Level
Review
Do Markets Corrupt Our Morals?
By Virgil Henry Storr and Ginny Seung Choi
296 pp.; Palgrave Macmillan, 2019
Fitting Accords
Homie, a fast-growing full-service real estate technology company has announced the expansion of its affiliated company Homie Insurance to Southern Nevada, “saving homebuyers time and money in securing home insurance”. Point is, as they state in a press release, “Homie continues to reinvent the homebuying experience and now, its affiliate Homie Insurance has launched in […]
Artificial Intelligence Review of Insurance Contracts – Are we there yet?
by Joe Chvasta, JD, MBA, CPCU The use of Artificial Intelligence to review insurance contracts is growing as AI tools can rapidly compare a high volume of contract clauses and make human reviewers faster and more effective. First implemented in 2011, the technology automating the review of contracts has progressed dramatically, leading to the question […]
Vouch Insurance Expands Coverage to New York
Vouch Insurance, the business insurance platform for startups, announced the expansion of its coverage into New York, one of the largest and most resilient hubs for innovation in the world. The expansion will bring risk mitigation to local startups as they scale their technologies within one of the leading U.S. technology markets. In a tumultuous […]
Willis Towers Watson Launches Partnership with the Wharton School’s Mack Institute
Willis Towers Watson (NASDAQ: WLTW), a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company, announced it is joining the Mack Institute for Innovation Management at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, as a corporate partner. Through the Mack Institute’s renowned events and workshops and its global network of corporate partners, the Willis Research Network anticipates gaining […]
Applied Underwriters Announces Formation of Applied Specialty Underwriters, Names Christopher Day President of the New Company
Steve Menzies, CEO of Applied Underwriters, today announced the creation of Applied Specialty Underwriters, LLC to focus on select Casualty E&S risks across the country, with an initial focus on large construction in New York. Christopher Day, CPCU, has been named President of the new company and will be joined by 11 veteran underwriters in […]
Unlicensed Doctor Convicted of Insurance Fraud and Other Crimes
After Patrick E. Usanga (Usanga) was convicted for many crimes of fraud he appealed his convictions unsuccessfully and then filed Post Conviction Relief Act motion to set aside the conviction in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Patrick E. Usanga, J-S29031-20, No. 1946 EDA 2019, Superior Court of Pennsylvania (July 13, 2020).Usanga appealed pro se (proving the […]
