Underwriting
Hurricane Laura Losses Could Have Been Worse, Modelers Agree
Although Hurricane Laura was the strongest cyclone to strike Louisiana since 1856, damages were limited because it made landfall in a relatively sparsely populated area and the highest winds were ...
China Re Group Enjoyed Robust Growth for H1 2020
China Re Group Corp enjoyed rapid growth in premiums and steady profitability in the first half of 2020 despite the pandemic. Overall, gross written premiums in the first half of 2020 increased 20.5 ...
AI Insurance: Who Is Insuring the Algorithms?
There are some algorithms in life that, even with the very best marketing, don't really matter too much. For example, if Netflix's recommendation algorithm points me toward the first episode of a ...
Hippo Completes Acquisition of Spinnaker Insurance
Hippo, an InsurTech and managing general agent focused on home insurance, has completed its acquisition of Spinnaker Insurance Company, with an expansion into additional states next on its plate. The ...
Tesla Factory Struck by ‘Serious’ Cyber Attack
Elon Musk said on Thursday that Tesla Inc's factory in Nevada was a target of a "serious" cybersecurity attack, confirming a media report that claimed an employee of the company helped the Federal ...
China’s Ping An Insurance Reports Steady H1 2020 Results
Ping An Insurance Company of China announced its 2020 interim results for the six month period ended June 30, 2020. The integrated financial services company said it maintained steady business ...
Climate Change and More Making Hurricanes Increasingly Destructive
A destructive storm rising from warm waters. Again. America and the world are getting more frequent and bigger multibillion-dollar tropical catastrophes like Hurricane Laura, which menaced the U.S. ...
Hurricane Laura Causes Major Disruption of U.S. Energy Exports
Oil and gas exports from the United States have been severely disrupted by Hurricane Laura, with nearly a million barrels per day (bpd) of crude exports likely reduced this week by closures of U.S. ...