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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 & ...
Watsa’s Fairfax Will Snatch Up Allied World in $4.9B Deal
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. agreed to buy insurer Allied World Assurance Co. for $4.9 billion in cash and stock in Chief Executive Officer Prem Watsa's largest purchase. Fairfax will pay $54 per ...
Progressive Tops A.M. Best’s Premium Ranking of U.S. Commercial Auto Insurers
Progressive Insurance Group is the top U.S. commercial automobile insurer by 2015 premium volume, an accomplishment that comes as the broader sector's overall performance continues to deteriorate, ...
XL Catlin Invests $4M in a Swiss InsurTech Microinsurance Startup
XL Catlin's investment arm committed $4 million in first-round financing to Stonestep, a property/casualty InsurTech startup looking to streamline how microinsurance is sold in emerging markets. The ...
Allianz Reportedly May Bid for Generali’s French Business
Allianz SE, Europe's largest insurer, is in discussions with Assicurazioni Generali SpA as it weighs a bid for the company's French operations, according to people familiar with the matter. Allianz ...
Allstate Signs on for Multiyear Autonomous Vehicle Research Project at Stanford
Allstate Insurance Co., the nation's largest publicly held personal lines insurer, is continuing its drive into new technology, agreeing to a multiyear research project with the Intelligent Systems ...
Two Insurance-Related Risk Services Companies Make Acquisitions
Two companies that provide various services and products in insurance-related areas including risk management compliance and claims have made acquisitions. The first, Origami Risk in Chicago, said it ...