$5 Trillion Investor Group Aims to Align Portfolios with Paris Climate Agreement

Thirty of the world’s largest investors managing a combined $5 trillion said on Tuesday they plan to set targets to lower their portfolio carbon emissions by as much as 29% over the next five years. All members of the Net-Zero …

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With Tech Tools Galore, It’s an Exciting Time for Insurtech McKenzie Intelligence

Advanced technological tools are making it an exciting time to be an insurtech – and an exciting time for those insurers and reinsurers that want to more accurately assess the risks on their books, according to Forbes McKenzie, CEO of …

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InsuraGuest to Offer Crum & Forster BOP Coverage to 130+ Classes Via Web Portal

InsuraGuest Technologies, Inc. through its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary Insure The People, LLC (ITP), has launched a new business owner policy (BOP) insurtech portal, www.InsureThePeople.com that is available to more than 130 class codes. ITP is powered by InsuraGuest’s insurtech …

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U.S. Dept. of Labor Orders Tennessee Restaurant Chain to Pay $563K in Back Wages

A small Tennessee restaurant chain has been ordered to pay $563,350 in back wages to 120 employees after the U.S. Department of Labor found it violated minimum wage and overtime rules. Don Pancho Mexican Restaurant kept a portion of servers’ …

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UK’s Post-Brexit Privacy Protections Fail EU Data Protections, Activist Warns

UK privacy protections were criticized by an activist who told the European Union that the British shouldn’t be trusted to protect user data after Brexit. The personal data of EU citizens “do not at present have an adequate level of …

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Insurers Remain Unfazed by Risks of Clinical Trials for COVID-19 Vaccine

The world is racing towards a vaccine in record time, stirring public concerns about safety to the extent that nine leading developers have felt compelled to issue a pledge to uphold scientific standards and testing rigor. Yet, while more than …

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Kansas Man Sues Trucking Firm, Driver Over Crash That Killed Wife, 4 Children

A Kansas man is suing a over a crash that killed his wife, three of his children and his stepdaughter. Jeffrey Williams, of Viola, is seeking more than $75,000 in damages in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against Andrew Specht …

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