Underwriting
Kemper Will Pay $370M for Specialty Insurer Focused on Hispanic Market
Kemper Corp. has agreed to pay $370 million in cash for specialty auto insurer American Access Casualty Company and its related captive insurance agency, Newins Insurance Agency Holdings. Driving the ...
External Cyber Attacks Cost More, but Employees Produce Biggest Number of Claims
The cyber insurance losses costing the most are coming from external attacks on companies. But employees are generating the most number of claims as they make mistakes and face technical problems, ...
Financial Lobbyists Begin Feeling Out Biden Transition Team
Financial lobbyists, kept at arm's length by Joe Biden's campaign, have begun engaging with the Democratic president-elect's transition team on issues including economic stimulus, pandemic aid ...
Flyreel Raises $10M for AI Underwriting and Claims Technology
Flyreel, an artificial intelligence startup focused on claims technology for residential and commercial property insurers, raised $10 million in Series A financing from investors including Guidewire ...
Aon Nails Down $70M in Alternative Capital Capacity to Transfer Systemic Cyber Risk
Insurance broker Aon plc has launched a new product with Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd. to protect insurers and reinsurers against systemic and catastrophic cyber events. Aon and HSCM (an ...
U.S. Insurance Execs Insist They Are Working to Fix Diversity Shortcomings
When Jerald Tillman and Mike James started their careers more than 20 years ago, working in the U.S. insurance industry was not on their radar, but programs to attract Blacks and other minorities ...
Travelers, State Farm, Nationwide Lead $60M Financing for HOVER, a 3D Claims InsurTech
Travelers, State Farm and Nationwide led a new $60 million venture capital financing for HOVER, an InsurTech with a 3D data platform for home improvement and property insurance professionals. ...
RLI Corp. CEO to Retire; Kliethermes Will Replace Him
Property/casualty specialty insurer RLI Corp. said current CEO Jonathan Michael is retiring at the end of 2021, and RLI Insurance President and Chief Operating Officer Craig Kliethermes will succeed ...