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Next Insurance Makes Room for Agents After All
Next Insurance has begun formally marketing a portal designed to help independent agents quickly quote and sell its policies. Next said the system, dubbed "Next for Agents," had been in beta testing ...
Executives On The Move at Liberty Mutual and The Hartford
Liberty Mutual promoted a veteran employee to the position of chief underwriting officer, North America, for its Global Risk Solutions unit. The Hartford appointed a new chief human resources ...
#MeToo in the London Market: Dos and Don’ts for Executives
"A fuss about nothing." That is what I have heard time and again in the past six months about the groundswell of voices complaining about sexism in the London insurance market. The normally whispered ...
Relationships Remain the Required Human Element of the Industry: Nationwide’s Rasmussen
From autonomous vehicles to index funds, our world and our industry are changing, and it would seem that people are less a required element. But I'm here to tell you that people—more specifically ...
Executives On The Move at AXA XL, Guy Carpenter and Aspen
AXA XL hired a Zurich veteran to lead a Captive Practice in Canada. Guy Carpenter & Co. named a new chairman. Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. appointed its latest chief information officer.
Root Insurance Secures $350M Financing to Fuel Accelerated Expansion
Root Insurance confirmed it has pulled in a $350 million venture capital infusion, a few weeks after news of the imminent financing leaked early. The Wall Street Journal reported in late August that ...
U.S. Commercial Insurance Prices Rise More Aggressively: Willis Towers Watson
In yet another sign of a hardening market, U.S. commercial insurance prices grew at an accelerated rate compared to a year ago, according to Willis Towers Watson's latest Commercial Lines Insurance ...
A Primer on WC Provider Omaha National and Its InsurTech Connections
Regional workers comp provider Omaha National is also an InsurTech of sorts. The startup, launched two years ago, relies on proprietary InsurTech software to function, combined with hands-on ...
GL Will Be Next Line to Harden, Berkley Says
The commercial general liability line will be the next property/casualty line to harden, the chief executive of W.R. Berkley Corp. predicted at an industry conference Wednesday. Speaking at the ...

