Underwriting
QBE Inks Analytics Outsourcing and Insurance Agent Specialty Coverage Deals
QBE Insurance forged two separate deals that will allow it to outsource analytics work as well as launch specialty coverage for insurance agents and brokers. As far as the analytics arrangement, ...
Allianz Will Reportedly Sue VW Over Share Drop
German insurer Allianz plans to sue Volkswagen over the sharp drop in its shares as a result of the carmaker's diesel emissions scandal, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters. If ...
Executives On The Move at Ironshore, Liberty Mutual, Selective, and More
Ironshore International added a new underwriting manager to help build up its terrorism coverage in Asia Pacific. Selective Insurance's CFO is retiring. Liberty Mutual and Sompo Canopius AG promoted ...
Beazley Reports 60 Percent Surge in Data Breach Cases for 2015
For those tracking the continued surge of data breaches and other cyber crimes, a report by specialty insurer Beazley offers a stark example of how serious the problem has become. Beazley, a major ...
El Niño Has Done Little to Counter California’s Historic Drought
Ed Heinlein surveys the steep mountainside that has repeatedly unleashed tons of mud into the backyard of his Southern California home since a 2014 wildfire and still hopes the drought-stricken state ...
American Financial Wants 49% of National Interstate Corp. for $293M
Insurance holding company American Financial Group wants to snatch up the rest of National Interstate Corp. that its subsidiary doesn't already own in a proposed $293 million deal. The ownership ...
Watch This Video: How P/C Insurers Plan to Use Predictive Analytics
Two years from now, property/casualty insurers will be using predictive analytics in a much wider assortment of ways than they do now. A Willis Towers Watson survey found that expected jumps in ...
Commercial P/C Rates Down 4% in February: MarketScout
Commercial property/casualty rates in the U.S. dropped again in February, with the composite rate once again coming in at -4 percent, according to the newest market barometer from MarketScout. By ...