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Generali U.S. Global Corporate & Commercial Expands Westward
Generali is expanding its U.S. global corporate and commercial operations with the opening of offices in Chicago and San Francisco in a bid to grab more business from U.S. multinational companies. ...
Commercial Insurance Remains a Buyer’s Market: Willis Towers Watson
Fluid capital and ample capacity has kept the commercial insurance sector stable overall and also a buyers' market. That reality holds despite potential regulatory and monetary policies pending in ...
Meteorologists: Signs Suggest 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season Will be Normal
Most meteorologists forecast the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season will be less active than a year ago, with the number of named storms and hurricanes near average. A few meteorologists, however, expect ...
Clunky M&A Deals Are Spurring Uptick in Insurance Claims: AIG Study
Faulty mergers and acquisitions have spurred an uptick in insurance claims as dealmakers overstated profits or breached accounting rules, insurer American International Group Inc. said in a study of ...
Global Insurance Industry Set for Solid Growth in 2017 and 2018: Munich Re Forecast
The global insurance industry is set to grow more strongly an average 4.5 percent annually during 2017 and 2018, according to Munich Re. The number is 3 percent when adjusted for inflation. While ...
Commercial Lines Insurers Plan Predictive Modeling Embrace: Willis Towers Watson
Predictive modeling is becoming even more widespread among U.S. property/casualty insurers, with rapid gain likely in the coming years for commercial lines carriers. The big news: Two-thirds of the ...
Forget Driverless Cars. How About a ‘Flying Taxi’?
A Bavarian start-up is developing a five-seat "flying taxi" after successful test flights over Germany of a smaller version of the electric jet, the company said on Thursday. Munich-based Lilium, ...
Three-Month Cyber Attack Targets 1,200 InterContinental Hotels in U.S.
Global hotel chain InterContinental Hotels Group Plc said 1,200 of its franchised hotels in the United States, including Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza, were victims of a three-month cyber attack that ...