Underwriting
Rusty Pilots Making Flying Errors Are a COVID-19 Emerging Risk
On Sept. 15, an Indonesian flight carrying 307 passengers and 11 crew to the northern city of Medan momentarily veered off the runway after landing, sparking an investigation by the country's ...
Combined Ratios Still Better Than Breakeven Through Nine Months
In separate analyses published yesterday, both AM Best and Fitch Ratings reported double-digit drops in operating income for North American property/casualty insurers through nine months but said ...
P/C Tech Trends to Watch: CB Insights NExTT Framework
What's NExTT? It's a question that CB Insights analysts asked—and answered—in a recent report about trends in property/casualty insurance technology, finding that eight of the 17 emerging ...
Hover CEO Altman Eyes Growth, Future as a Standalone 3D Software Company
Often an InsurTech attracts venture investment from at least one insurer, sometimes two. For Hover's recent $60 million Series D round, there were three. Capital contributions came from the insurers ...
Private Equity Investors Pelican Ventures, J.C. Flowers Complete Ariel Re Deal
Private equity investors Pelican Ventures and J.C. Flowers & Co. have completed their acquisition of Ariel Re from Argo Group. Ariel Re underwrites a global portfolio of reinsurance products in ...
SCOR CEO Prediction: Double-Digit Reinsurance Rate Hikes on Jan. 1
Reinsurance rates are likely to rise in the double-digit percentage point range at key contract renewals in January, Denis Kessler, chairman and chief executive of the French reinsurer SCOR, said on ...
Fintechs Will Increasingly Squeeze Insurer Market Share: EU Official
Established insurers will face a squeeze on profits and market share as new financial technology companies muscle in on the industry, a senior European Union official said on Wednesday. More fintech ...
Hippo Attracts $350M Investment From Mitsui Sumitomo; Reinsurance Treaty Also Planned
Hippo Enterprises, an MGA InsurTech focused on homeowners insurance, secured a $350 million capital investment designed to help fuel further growth. A related reinsurance agreement is also part of ...