Underwriting
EU Says Formal Brexit Talks Face Possible Delays; UK Disagrees
Talks between Britain and the European Union on their future relationship are now less likely to start in October, the EU's top negotiator has said, due to a lack of progress on Brexit divorce issues ...
Super Regional Carriers Gain by Educating ‘Suspicious’ Regulators About Tech Advances
"We're curious and we don't know. When regulators don't know what's going on, they get suspicious." That was Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Ted Nickel acknowledging that like the industry they ...
Producer compensation programs send clear messages about what a carrier values. Commission rates, incentive structures, bonuses, and performance thresholds direct...
Allianz Q2 Profit Gain Aided by CEO’s Strategy, Fewer Natural Disaster Claims
As Allianz SE Chief Executive Officer Oliver Baete slims down the insurer to cut costs, rising second-quarter profit helped by lower natural disaster-claims rewarded his strategy. Operating profit ...
Chubb’s Q2: CEO Greenberg Touts Transformation Into ‘a Revenue Machine’
Chubb Ltd. saw its net income soar in the 2017 second quarter, and investment income also reached record levels. Chairman and CEO Evan Greenberg said during the company's July 26 earnings call that ...
Hackers Steal Data From 400,000 Client Accounts at Italy’s UniCredit Bank
UniCredit SpA, Italy's No. 1 bank, said hackers took biographical and loan data from 400,000 client accounts in one of the biggest breaches of European banking security this year. The attack occurred ...
Blue Marble, The Nature Conservancy Team to Offer Microinsurance for Ranchers in Latin America
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Blue Marble Microinsurance said they've formed a partnership designed to provide microinsurance for small ranchers in Latin America who use a weather-resilient ...
Advanced Analytics Can Help Insurers Boost Customer Service at Multiple Points
The one constant in insurance is that there will always be new innovations and trends that suddenly disrupt the industry. Some of the newest disruptive forces include the Internet of Things (IoT), ...
W.R. Berkley Cut Back Reinsurance Underwriting in a Flat Q2
Weather related losses and a competitive reinsurance business nudged W.R. Berkley Corp.'s 2017 second quarter combined ratio higher. But a nearly 5 percent growth investment income and gains in ...