Underwriting
Many Lawsuit Claims Likely From Southwest Survivors
After the crash come the claims. Being on an airplane more than six miles in the air when an engine blows up and sends shrapnel through a window is an experience so scary that aviation lawyers say ...
More Than 60 Insurers in Gibraltar Could Bypass Brexit Through Spain
A small town mayor from southern Spain is offering Gibraltar-based insurers a way to retain access to the European Union single market after Britain leaves the bloc next year. Juan Franco of La Linea ...
Assurant Gets A.M. Best Financial Strength Ratings Affirmation
Assurant can celebrate the fact that A.M. Best affirmed its financial strength ratings, but that news also came with a few words of caution. The ratings agency said that there were a few check marks ...
The Latest Launches From Generali, Marsh, Envelop Risk and Madison Mutual/Roost
A unit of Generali Group beefed up coverage it offers for multinational corporate and commercial companies. Marsh is marketing a collection of new and expanded risk analytics and insurance coverage ...
Safety Advocates Chip Away at Tesla’s Post-Fatality Autopilot Defense
Tesla Inc.'s ardent defense of its Autopilot system is getting heat from safety advocates who question a key data point the company has been citing to plead its case. Several times since an ...
Plenty of Reinsurance Capacity Remains for Mid-Year Renewals: Aon Benfield
Global reinsurer capital continued to rise in 2017, despite the $136 billion in insured losses from natural catastrophes last year, according to a reinsurance market report published by Aon Benfield. ...
InsurTech Carrier CEO Explains Poor 2017 Results; Fields Questions on Reddit
The chief executive officer of an InsurTech insurance company responded to recent reports about his company's unfavorable 2017 loss ratio result on a social news platform last Friday. "We want to ...
Wildfire Fallout: Everest Re Estimates $100M Q1 2018 Catastrophe Loss
Everest Re Group disclosed it will be dealing with $100 million in estimated catastrophe losses for its 2018 first quarter. California wildfires and related events are to blame. The Bermuda-based ...