Underwriting
Uber Halts Autonomous Car Program in Calif. After Vehicle Registrations Revoked
Uber Technologies Inc. pulled its self-driving cars from San Francisco's streets after the state of California revoked registrations for the vehicles. The move impacted 16 Uber automobiles, the ...
P2P Startup Lemonade Seeks 46-State Expansion
Lemonade is eyeing a national expansion after filing for a license to operate in 46 states and the District of Columbia. The peer-to-peer insurance startup focused on renters and homeowners insurance ...
Eight Tips to Maintain Adequate Carrier Rates
Adequate rate maintenance is the cornerstone of an insurance carrier's profitability, solvency and overall business health. Since there is a clear and traceable relationship between policy premiums ...
Healthy Growth in U.S. Personal Auto Premiums Faces Future Risk: A.M. Best
The U.S. personal auto insurance industry saw net premiums written grow 5.1 percent in 2015 — a rate of growth that may not be repeated as rising loss ratios weaken both underwriting and operating ...
2017 Predictions Part III: Motor-Cyber, India Reinsurance and More
Insurers and reinsurers continue to look for organic growth where they can find it – sometimes from emerging risks and sometimes from emerging markets. As always, the keys to success are market ...
U.S. Investigation Blames Facebook’s Big Drone Crash on Autopilot
The wing on Facebook Inc.'s experimental high-altitude drone broke last summer in Arizona after the massive aircraft hit an updraft and its autopilot overcompensated seconds before touchdown on its ...2017 Predictions Part II: InsurTech, Australia D&O and India Cyber Insurance
InsurTech was an insurance buzzword in 2016, and that's likely to continue next year when it will permeate almost every aspect of U.S. industry, according to a prediction from international law firm ...2017 Predictions Part I: Brexit Opportunities and More M&A to Come
M&A and Brexit will be major factors for the global insurance/reinsurance industry over the coming year, according to predictions from the insurance team at the international law firm Clyde & ...