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Post-Merger Chubb Covets More of the High Net Worth Market Pie
Its acquisition of Fireman's Fund's business in April, 2015 provided ACE Ltd. with an idea of what's involved in integrating two leading high net worth insurance businesses. Frances D. O'Brien is now ...
Two Instech Startups Target Small Business Insurance Market
Small business insurance providers will soon have two new competitors from the technology world. Next Insurance, an online shopper for small businesses, announced a $13 million seed investment led by ...
Cuba Presents Huge Insurance Market Opportunities (in Theory)
Cuba presents significant opportunities for insurers and others businesses in the months ahead as the U.S. restores diplomatic ties. The market is not a slam-dunk, however, as it presents significant ...
P2P Startup Lemonade Bets Behavioral Science Can Take the ‘Annoying’ Out of Insurance
A company that openly berates the current insurance industry as one that is annoying and in need of a makeover believes that adding behavioral science to the mix will help fix it. The New York-based ...
Kemper P/C Group Head Exits After Division’s Q4 Operating Loss
Kemper Corp.'s Denise I. Lynch is leaving her position as Property/Casualty group executive, effective immediately, to pursue other opportunities, the insurer said. The news comes after Kemper ...
The Zebra, Another Insurance ‘Disruptor,’ Attracts $17M in Funding
The Zebra, an online auto insurance comparison company, said it has closed $17 million in Series A funding with investment from Mark Cuban, Mike Maples Jr. (of Twitter and Lyft), Simon Nixon (of ...
Crash Rates Lower for Driverless Cars
Crash rates for self-driving cars are lower than the national crash rate of conventional cars, according to a new report out of Virginia Tech Transportation Institute that was commissioned by ...
P2P Insurance Startup Lemonade Attracts Sagalow, Other AIG, ACE Vets to Exec Roster
An instech startup looking to disrupt the property/casualty insurance industry with a new business model has turned to four seasoned insurance executives from traditional carriers AIG and ACE ...