Underwriting
No Plan for Job Cuts in Zurich’s $1.5B Cost-Cutting Moves
Zurich Insurance Group AG raised its target for cost cuts and dropped plans to eliminate jobs as Chief Executive Officer Mario Greco overhauls Switzerland's largest insurer. The shares rose. The new ...
Life-Saving Tech Not Yet Standard on Most Cars
Computerized sensors that warn drivers they're about to rear-end another vehicle or prevent other types of accidents are available on models made by every major auto manufacturer. The problem, ...
Zurich Insurance’s Reunderwriting Starts to Bear Fruit
Zurich Insurance Group's reunderwriting program is starting to bear fruit—as evidenced by the company's improved third-quarter results—but CFO George Quinn readily admits there is still work to ...
ISO Introduces New Home-Sharing Coverage Options
ISO has introduced new home-sharing insurance options that address the growing risks policyholders face when renting their homes online to people they've likely never met. "Home sharing has created a ...
Verisk Acquires UK Geographic Data Group
Verisk Analytics, Inc., a data analytics provider, announced the acquisition of The GeoInformation Group, a participant in the field of geographic data solutions based in Cambridge, United Kingdom. ...
Executives On The Move at Chubb, Allied World, Lockton and More
Allied World brought on two former AIG executives to help run operations in Asia. Chubb named a new executive to lead its Real Estate & Hospitality Industry practice, after the previous executive ...
Metromile, CoverHound Partnership Announced
CoverHound, an online insurance agency, and Metromile, a pay-per-mile auto insurance provider, announced Monday that they are teaming up to provide more coverage options for customers of both ...
The Third-Party Capital Juggernaut Continues Unabated: Standard & Poor’s
Perhaps the good news for U.S. property catastrophe reinsurers is this: the influx of third-party capital to their sector has slowed. The reality remains, however, that its growth continues to ...