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Will Big Data, Social Networking Scores Remove Risk-Sharing From Insurance?
When people take to Twitter to comment on the great evening they enjoyed with good food and wonderful friends, reducing their monthly insurance bill is probably the last thing on their mind. But such ...
P/C Broker Venbrook Raises $42M in Financing to Help Fund Acquisition
Venbrook Group nailed down $42 million in new financing from Madison Capital Funding, a subsidiary of New York Life, and some of the money has already helped back an acquisition that expands its ...
Wells Fargo Account Scandal Draws Calif. Criminal Probe
The California Attorney General's Office has launched a criminal investigation into Wells Fargo over allegations it opened millions of unauthorized customer accounts and credit cards, according to a ...
Travelers Profit Drops by 23 Percent; Auto Injury, Weather-Related Losses to Blame
Travelers Cos., the sole property/casualty insurer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, posted its fourth-straight profit decline as weather-related costs climbed and investment income slipped. ...
Reporter’s Notebook: 10 Takeaways From InsureTechConnect
You've probably heard there is tremendous investor interest right now in technology-first insurance startups, or InsurTech firms. The first InsureTech Connect Conference in Las Vegas in early October ...
Third Point Re CEO Equates M&A Practice With Failed Marriages
Third Point Reinsurance Ltd., co-founded by hedge-fund manager Dan Loeb, likened the risk of mergers and acquisitions to picking a spouse without being aware of how much can go wrong. "Just like ...
Executives On The Move at CNA, JLT Re, RSA and XL Catlin
CNA brought on a Chubb veteran to help run its Global Services arm. JLT Re hired a new executive to lead and build up its South Korea operations. RSA named a new group pricing director. XL Catlin has ...
AIG Selling Fairfax Financial Some Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe Operations
American International Group will sell off some of its Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe operations to Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., and the two companies in turn expect to form a ...