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The Hartford CEO Swift: Optimistic About BI Claims and Pandemic Fading
The Hartford CEO Christopher Swift expressed confidence that the property/casualty insurer has weathered the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic and said related concerns about business interruption ...
InsurTech Summit Preview: Post-Pandemic InsurTech Usage Is at a ‘Leap Forward Moment’
Property/casualty insurers have talked for years about the need to modernize and embrace technology in order to serve their customers better. COVID-19 came along and rapidly quickened the process, ...
Carrier M&A Activity Could Reach Record Levels in 2021: S&P
Carrier mergers and acquisitions could reach historic levels in 2021 based on early indications from a robust first quarter, according to a new Standard & Poor's report. U.S. and Bermuda-based ...
Next Insurance Reaches $881M in VC Cash After New $250M Funding Round
Next Insurance raised a whopping $250 million in new venture financing – a major cash infusion after a year of acquisitions and other actions to further growth. "This latest round of financing is a ...
CNA Struck by ‘Sophisticated Cybersecurity Attack’
CNA is investigating a "sophisticated cybersecurity attack" the commercial lines insurer said disrupted its network and impacted corporate email and other systems. The commercial insurer said it ...
Overall Wellness Is Attractive to Employers and Employees
As we mark the one-year anniversary of COVID-19 and the resulting social and workplace changes that it triggered, many things have changed. The work-from-home model is looking like it will be a big ...
Shareholder Class Action Complaint Filed Against InsurTech Root
With shares of Root Inc. trading at less than 50 percent of the late October 2020 IPO price of $27 per share, the InsurTech carrier has been named in a shareholders class action complaint, multiple ...
Tokio Marine: 2021 Material Impact Unlikely From Greensill Capital Collapse
Japanese insurer Tokio Marine Holdings Inc said on Tuesday it currently expects no material impact on its results for the fiscal year starting next month as a result of its exposure to the fallout of ...