Underwriting
The Risky Business of Insuring Shared Households
An estimated 79 million adults, or 32% of the adult population, lived in a shared household in 2017. This uptick in shared household living comes in many different types. According to recent Census ...
Claims Handling Errors Are Often the Source of Insurer Market Conduct Troubles
Mistakes by claims professionals were the most common reason for enforcement actions taken against U.S. property and casualty insurers in 2018, taking the No. 1 and No. 2 spot on a top ten list ...
CyberCube Analytics Pulls in $35M Financing, With Plans to Broaden Marketing Efforts
CyberCube Analytics, a cyber risk analytics startup focused on the insurance industry, pulled in a $35 million financing to help fuel further growth. The San Francisco-based InsurTech said it will ...
Suit Alleges Boeing Board Liability for 737 MAX Problems
A shareholder lawsuit filed on Monday accused Boeing Co's board of doing nothing to investigate the safety of the 737 MAX until the fast-selling plane suffered a second deadly crash in five months. ...
Insurers, Others Pressure Global Energy Watchdog Over Climate Change Fight
Fatih Birol, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA), faced renewed pressure on Monday from investors and scientists concerned about climate change to overhaul the agency's projections for ...
Fire Tornadoes Becoming More Common in Australia, Thanks to Climate Change
Fire tornadoes are set to become a more common feature of the Australian landscape as climate change takes hold later this century. That's according to new research from the University of New South ...
Hamilton Insurance Places Acappella Syndicate Into Runoff
Hamilton Insurance Group Ltd. said it is placing Acappella Syndicate 2014 into runoff. Acappella is a third-party capital supported Lloyd's syndicate included in Hamilton's acquisition in August of ...
The Latest Cyber Launches From Zurich and Brit Ltd.
Zurich Insurance rolled out new, industry-specific endorsements to its cyber insurance policy designed to expand coverages provided to the manufacturing industry. Brit Ltd. said it has launched an ...