CFO / Financial
Can an InsurTech Startup Compete With Progressive and GEICO?
The most common refrain of startups is that insurance is broken and their solution will fix it. Oui, c'est vrai. But two companies have their act together more than almost any other insurers: GEICO ...
Startups vs. Incumbents Revisited: Q32018
We first pointed out in a second quarter analysis of VC-backed startups Root, Lemonade and Metromile that companies run or led by well-known underwriters were growing slowly but far more profitable ...
‘Root’ of the Problem: Why One InsurTech’s Loss Ratios Still Disappoint
In the first part of this four-part article, we revealed that Root—currently the fastest growing carrier of three VC-backed InsurTechs we've been tracking—also posted the worst loss ratio result ...
Allstate Warns Q4 Results Will Dip From California Cat and Pension Settlement Losses
Allstate warned that catastrophe losses stemming from this fall's California wildfires and a pension settlement will do significant damage to its 2018 fourth quarter financial results. The ...
AIG Chooses Lyons as Its Next Chief Financial Officer
American International Group has a new chief financial officer. Mark Lyons, a former Arch Capital executive, is taking on the position along with the title of executive vice president after joining ...
Buying Instead of Selling, RenRe to Acquire Tokio Millennium Re for $1.5B
Less than two months after one of RenaissanceRe's shareholders urged the Bermuda-based reinsurer to consider putting itself up for sale, the company announced it will buy another reinsurer ...
Liberty Mutual’s Safeco to Take EMC’s Agency Personal Lines Biz
With an intention to focus on commercial, reinsurance and life insurance business going forward, EMC Insurance Companies announced an agreement with Safeco Insurance related to its existing personal ...
Aspen Contacted More Than Two Dozen Potential Buyers, Filing Says
Although Aspen Insurance Holdings, through its representatives, reached out to 26 potential parties to find a buyer for the company, 17 said they weren't interested right off the bat, according to ...