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The Latest Launches From Hippo, Assurant and More
Hippo Insurance is linking with Neptune Flood to provide quick flood insurance as part of the home insurance buying process. Home telematics maker Roost partnered with a Montana-based insurer to ...
Word of Mouth Matters When Customers Buy Their Insurance: Facebook
For young and old property and auto insurance customers alike, word of mouth shapes their coverage purchases, according to a new Facebook survey. Where that word of mouth comes from can differ, ...
‘Sextortion’ Is Yet Another Emerging Cyber Risk for Businesses to Worry About: Beazley
A new form of online bribery is emerging where cyber criminals attempt to extort cryptocurrency by claiming to have potentially embarrassing evidence of people using adult websites on work computers, ...
AXA IPO Costs, Natural Disasters Ding 2018 Net Profit
Net profits at AXA, Europe's second biggest insurer, fell sharply as a result of charges related to its U.S. unit's initial public offering (IPO) and a spate of natural disasters, although AXA hoped ...
Insurers Remain Wary of Exchange-Traded Funds, Despite Rule Change
Many insurance companies are steering clear of exchange-traded funds even after a high profile rule change designed to make them easier to own. Almost 40 percent of insurers aren't using ETFs more ...
Small and Midsize Businesses at Higher Risk of Cyber Attack, Chubb Warns
Small and midsize businesses are much more likely to experience cyber attacks than large companies. In fact, 62 percent of all cyber crime targets are small and midsize businesses. It costs, on ...
2018 ILS Issuance Comes Close to Record, but Q4 Slowed Down: Swiss Re
Insurance-linked securities reached their second-highest issuance levels ever in 2018, though the fourth quarter ended with a whimper. Total issuance for the year reached $9.7 billion through 29 ...
Allianz Mulls 2019 Share Buyback Slowdown to Finance Acquisitions
Allianz may slow its share buyback program after the one announced this week to allow the German insurer to make small acquisitions, the group's finance chief said on Friday after reporting a 19 ...