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Deadly Los Angeles Wildfire Started Near Electrical Utility Transmission Tower
A deadly wind-driven wildfire that raged across the northern edge of Los Angeles last week started near the base of high-voltage transmission tower owned by electric utility Southern California ...
Demand Rises for Trade Credit Insurance as Brexit Insolvency Fears Grow
Companies are stepping up purchases of insurance to protect themselves against insolvencies in Britain, industry sources say, in part due to concerns about the impact of Brexit. The UK economy is ...
AIG Risks Liability in Elon Musk Defamation Case
Insurance giant American International Group Inc. may get wrapped up in a defamation case involving billionaire Elon Musk, who has told lawyers representing the British cave diver suing him that he's ...
Quantemplate, a Cloud-Based Data Processor, Pulls in $12 Million
Quantemplate raised $12 million in new venture financing, money it plans to deploy to expand the use of its self-service cloud-based automated data products and services targeted to insurers and ...
Private U.S. P/C Insurers Generated Record Surplus in H1 2019
Private U.S. property/casualty insurers produced a record surplus in the 2019 first half, driven up by carriers' income and unrealized capital gains, Verisk and the American Property Casualty ...
Hurricane Dorian Ties an Atlantic Hurricane Landfall Record: Aon
Hurricane Dorian's early September onslaught in the Bahamas, North Carolina and Canada produced total economic and insured losses in the billions, according to Aon's monthly Global Catastrophe Recap ...
AXA Reportedly Considers Selling Off Its Central European Biz
French insurer AXA is considering selling its Central European business as part of a restructuring to quit markets where it lacks scale, three sources familiar with the situation said. AXA is ...
Verifly Becomes Thimble and Raises $22M to Fuel On-Demand Insurance Growth
Thimble, formerly known as Verifly, raised $22 million in new financing designed to fuel further expansion and diversification well beyond its original focus on on-demand drone insurance. Existing ...