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Russia’s Renaissance Insurance Will Reduce IPO Size
Russia's Renaissance Insurance Group will reduce the size of its IPO to $250 million from an initial $290 million, two sources told Reuters on Wednesday, selling only new shares plus an ...
Metromile Hires Travelers Vet to Guide ‘Significant Expansion” of Independent Agent Program
Metromile, Inc. said it is pursuing "a significant expansion" of its pilot using independent agents to sell digital insurance, and it has hired a Travelers veteran to lead the effort. Scot Rankin, a ...
Business Owners Remain Overconfident About Their Ransomware Risks and Preventative Steps: Embroker
Business owners – even many technology startups - remain vastly overconfident about both their risk for ransomware attacks and insurance they have in place to prevent them, according to a new ...
Amazon Appeals Record $865M Penalty for Alleged Violation of EU Data Protection Rules
Amazon.com Inc. appealed a record 746 million-euro ($865 million) penalty for allegedly violating the European Union's tough data-protection rules. The appeal was filed at the Luxembourg ...
New York AG Orders Two Cryptocurrency Lending Platforms to Cease Activity
Two cryptocurrency lending platforms were asked to cease activities in New York by the state's attorney general on Monday and three other platforms were directed to provide information about their ...
Travelers’ High Q3 Investment Returns Counter Catastrophe Loss Surge
Property and casualty insurer Travelers Cos Inc reported a drop in third-quarter profit on Tuesday that still beat estimates, as higher investment returns mainly from its non-fixed income portfolio ...
Marshmallow, a $1.3B Car Insurance Startup, Aims for the Big Leagues
For three centuries, a handful of insurers have dominated the market from the City of London. The upstart intent on challenging them rents two floors just outside the district in an area known as ...
Kemper Proposes Nearly $18M Settlement in Class Action Involving Two Data Breaches
Kemper Insurance has proposed to settle a class action stemming from two data breaches in a deal valued at about $17.6 million. The dual breaches could have compromised the personal information of an ...