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Don’t Count Out InsurTech Disrupters, Carrier CEOs Say
InsurTechs bent on disrupting the insurance industry haven't succeeded so far, but a future wave of InsurTechs might emerge to accomplish a similar goal, carrier executives said recently. Speaking at ...
Carriers Will Be Slow to Raise Limits in ‘Nuanced’ Pricing Market: CEOs
Commercial insurance pricing may decline in coming months, but disciplined management of capacity will continue for a while, executives speaking at a recent industry conference said, pointing to ...
Amica Mutual and Brethren Mutual Announce CEO Successions
Amica Mutual Insurance Co. announced that Edmund Shallcross III has been named the company's next chief executive officer and president, effective Oct. 1, 2022. Shallcross will succeed Robert A. ...
Buffett Donates $4B to Gates Foundation, Family Charities
Warren Buffett on Tuesday donated about $4 billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust and four family charities, part of the billionaire's pledge to give away nearly all of his net ...
Liberty Mutual Chairman and CEO Long to Retire at End of 2022
Liberty Mutual has announced that Chairman and CEO David H. Long will retire at the end of 2022. Timothy M. Sweeney has been chosen to succeed Long as chief executive officer effective January 2023. ...
McCathron Succeeds Wand As Hippo CEO
InsurTech Hippo, a home insurance group focused on proactive home protection, announced Monday that it has appointed President Richard McCathron as chief executive officer, replacing founder and ...
Markel Co-CEO Whitt to Retire Next Year
Markel Corporation announced Wednesday that Richard R. Whitt III, Co-Chief Executive Officer of Markel, plans to retire by March 31, 2023. Upon Whitt's retirement, Thomas S. Gayner, Co-Chief ...
Dealmaking 101: When Opportunity Comes, You Move, Buffett Says
When opportunity comes, you have to move. That was one of the simple life lessons that Warren Buffett imparted during the six-hour-plus annual meeting of Berkshire Hathaway shareholders on Saturday. ...