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Samsung Fire & Marine Will Underwrite Canopius U.S. Admitted Specialty Lines
Canopius Group, a global specialty (re)insurer, announced an agreement with Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance (SFMI), its substantial minority shareholder and business partner, to underwrite U.S. ...
Insurers Plan to Boost Their Private Market Investments: BlackRock
Insurers plan to increase their allocations to private markets to 14% from 11% over the next two years in the hunt for yield, as they add more money to environmentally focused investment funds, ...
What is business transformation in insurance? Insurance business transformation is an operating model and technology foundation shift that allows organizations...
Root Promises 2022 Improvements After Losing $415M This Year Through Sept. 30
Root has lost more than $415 million from January through September 2021, almost double the same period a year ago. The Ohio based digital auto insurer also took year-to-date hits on net premiums ...
AIG CEO Zaffino Urges Insurers to Plan for More Climate Change-Related Catastrophe Losses
AIG President and CEO Peter Zaffino urged the insurance industry to acknowledge that more frequent and severe catastrophe losses are likely here to stay, and plan accordingly. "We've never seen ...
AIG CEO Zaffino Promises 2022 IPO for Portion of Life/Retirement Business
American International Group remains on track to sell of part of its Life & Retirement unit through an IPO in the first half of 2022, according to company President and CEO Peter Zaffino. Some ...
AIG Closes Sale of Life & Retirement Unit Stake to Blackstone
Part of American International Group's plans to spin off part of its Life & Retirement business have come to fruition. AIG and Blackstone said they have closed on a previously announced agreement ...
ITC Reporter’s Notebook: How Next, Root and Swiss Re Are ‘Adapting’ and Innovating
Over the course of the last six years, Next Insurance has adapted its business model, its distribution method, and its product offerings. Coming up next, the InsurTech aims to offer "adaptive ...
U.S. Insurers Hear Demands to Use Social and Environmental Issues in Decision-Making
U.S. insurers are increasingly listening to demands from stakeholders that they use social and environmental factors in their decision-making, according to a new AM Best survey. The ratings entity ...