Brand Management & Sales
Boat Owners, Insurers Testing Waters of ‘Sharing Economy’
Getting out on the open sea, wind in your hair, enjoying the ride with your family and friends. Then there's the boat payments, storage fees, fuel, maintenance and repair — these costs can quickly ...
ProAssurance to Acquire Workers’ Comp Specialist Eastern Holdings
Medical professional liability insurer ProAssurance Corp. (NYSE: PRA) said it is acquiring monoline workers' compensation insurer Eastern Insurance Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: EIHI) in an all-cash ...
FEMA Chief Tells Senators He Can’t Delay Flood Insurance Rates
Pressure continues to build in Congress to delay implementation of flood insurance reforms that are raising premiums for thousands of property owners across the country. But the man in charge of ...
Berkshire Hathaway Keeps Minting Billionaires, Philanthropists
Stewart Horejsi's business was in a funk. It was 1980, and Brown Welding Supply LLC, his family's third-generation distributor of hydrogen and oxygen tanks, was battling competitors that were intent ...Meadowbrook Cuts Credit Facility to Meet Loan Covenants
Meadowbrook Insurance Group Inc., which had its rating cut in early August by A.M. Best, said it will reduce the funds available on a credit facility as part of an agreement to comply with loan ...
JLT to Acquire Towers Watson’s Reinsurance Brokerage Business
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc (JLT), one of the world's largest suppliers of insurance and employee benefits related advice, brokerage and services, will acquire the reinsurance brokerage business ...
RBS Raises $1 Billion from Sale of 20% of Direct Line
Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc raised about 630 million pounds ($1 billion) from its third sale of a stake in Direct Line Insurance Group Plc, the U.K.'s biggest home and car insurer. RBS sold ...
Germany’s Ergo Expects Asia, Eastern Europe Premium Growth
Munich Re's insurance unit, Ergo Versicherungsgruppe, plans to increase international premiums by more than a fifth over the next five years on sales in Asia and eastern Europe. "We aim to increase ...