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P/C Insurance Carriers, InsurTechs Benefit on Multiple Levels From Partnerships
Startup InsurTechs need partnerships more than they need money from insurance carriers, according to one leading venture capitalist actively funding insurance technology firms. Venture firm XL ...
From Here to Autonomy: Morality and Retirement Timeline for Auto Insurance Pros
While the media, ethicists and perhaps the public like to ponder whether a self-driving car in a crisis should be programmed to hit a group of nuns crossing the street or hit a bus full of ...
Allstate’s Q2 Profit Doubles Thanks to Higher Premiums, Investment Gains
Allstate saw its profit more than double thanks to increased premiums, strong investment results and lower auto insurance claims frequency. Net income was $550 million for the second quarter of 2017 ...
Super Regional Carriers Gain by Educating ‘Suspicious’ Regulators About Tech Advances
"We're curious and we don't know. When regulators don't know what's going on, they get suspicious." That was Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Ted Nickel acknowledging that like the industry they ...
Powered by Homegrown InsurTech, HCI to Expand Flood Insurance Sales to 9 States
As Congress tries to figure out how to change the federal flood insurance program to encourage more private insurer involvement, one insurer isn't waiting to wade deeper into the private flood ...
Liberty Mutual Wins Appeal in $3.6M ‘Guaranteed Cost’ Workers Comp Premium Suit
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. has won a case against a company that refused to pay $3.64 million in additional workers' compensation premium after a payroll audit revealed it had more high risk ...
Wells Fargo Selling Commercial Insurance Business to USI Insurance
Wells Fargo is selling its commercial insurance business to national brokerage USI Insurance Services. USI said it has agreed to acquire Wells Fargo Insurance Services USA, which includes commercial ...
Five More Flood Insurance Revamp Proposals Advance in House Committee
The House Financial Services Committee advanced five flood insurance proposals on Wednesday, adding to the two bills it passed last week. The House measures seek to reform and reauthorize the ...