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InsurTech MGA Wrisk Gains UK Regulatory Authorization
On the heels of its recent successful crowdfunding raise, the app-based InsurTech managing general agent Wrisk has made another major step forward, receiving full authorization from the UK's ...
Executives On The Move at AIG, Allied World and Lockton
AIG is bringing on a former Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance executive in a leadership role. Allied World Assurance Company Holdings named a new executive in Australia. Lockton hired an ...
Former NAIC Leader Huff to Take Over Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers
An ex-chief insurance regulator for Missouri will take over the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers starting in January 2018. John Huff, the immediate past president of the National ...
Allied World’s Cultural Edge: Competing with Giants to Grow Specialty Business
When you're a smaller athlete competing with giants, sheer determination and sharp reflexes are tools you might use to glide past opponents—and a winning formula in business isn't too different, ...
MAPFRE’s U.S. Division to Pull Out of 5 States, Reorganize
MAPFRE USA is reorganizing, with plans to pull out of five states and refocus its operations in others in order to strengthen its operations. The U.S. division of Spanish insurer MAPFRE Group will ...
Heritage Insurance Gains Larger Regional Presence With $250M Narragansett Bay Acquisition
Heritage Insurance Company has completed its $250 million acquisition of Narragansett Bay Insurance Company, a deal that it said will create a personal lines carrier with a presence in 11 states. ...
Former CNA Chair Chookaszian Reveals the Industry’s Unused Asset: Customers
When you serve as a director for five public companies and two dozen insurance technology service providers, you travel quite a bit. Sharing economy innovations have opened a world of new experiences ...
State Auto CEO LaRocco Wins Contract Extension, a Vote of Confidence in His Turnaround Strategy
Mike LaRocco, who took over president and CEO of State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co. in May 2015, has won the support of the company's board of directors for an extension of his contract until Dec. ...