A petition from young people preparing to enter a career in insurance is calling on US insurers to end their underwriting and investments in coal and other fossil fuels. The petition was started by Schuyler Holder, a senior at the University of North Texas and a member of Gamma Iota Sigma, a national insurance fraternity.

Internet-connected products have become enmeshed in many aspects of daily life, both at home and in the workplace. According to the consumer trends research firm Park Associates, 36% of homes with a broadband internet connection have a smart speaker, and 8% have a video doorbell, with another quarter of respondents saying that they plan to buy a video doorbell in the future.

AXIS Capital Holdings Limited has announced a new policy addressing underwriting and investments related to thermal coal and oil sands.

It’s almost inevitable: Spend your working life identifying, analysing, quantifying and ascribing monetary value to risk, and you’re likely to have a fairly strong aversion to it.

A growing number of policymakers, advocates and experts predict that extreme weather may lead to higher costs for home and flood insurance. Some analysts are even predicting that the effects of climate change may make home insurance and flood insurance unaffordable for many Americans.

Risk management and the insurance industry have been around for hundreds of years in some capacity or another. As a thriving industry, insurance offers many avenues for young professionals to explore as they grow in their careers.

Imagine 74 of the 75 largest cities in the United States going up in flames over the course of a few months. The loss would be astronomical.

More than 200 million people and two-thirds of the 48 contiguous states are at risk from flooding, according to Edward Clark, director of the U.S. National Water Center. This demonstrates the major threat that flooding poses to the reinsurance industry in the U.S

California’s largest utility, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) cut off power to parts of 22 counties in northern California Wednesday. Roughly 500,000 customers have been affected by the outage, and numerous schools have cancelled classes.

A noncompete agreement involving stock options for a claims adjuster who changed firms is enforceable, a federal appeals court ruled.

The digital revolution underway in the insurance industry is affecting nearly every facet of insurance, and claims handling and management is no exception.

Re/insurance giants Swiss Re, Allianz and Zurich are among a group 12 global companies that have committed to transitioning their investment portfolios to net zero greenhouse gas emissions.

Drone technology can significantly reduce claims processing costs, but barriers remain to universal adoption by insurers and claims adjusters, a panel of experts said.

A man in New Zealand, called into a meeting where he knew he would be getting fired, used an unusual tactic for the event. He hired a professional clown to sit in on the meeting with him.

Twenty-nine percent of employees surveyed agree their companies should regulate political expression on social media and 27% think their company should have a political expression policy, according to results released Wednesday by Clutch.