Underwriting
Zurich North America Names Head of Private Equity for U.S. Middle Market Biz
Zurich North America said it is building a team to better support private equity-owned businesses. To that end, the longtime provider of insurance products and services for this customer class has ...
Chinese InsurTech Waterdrop Reportedly Raises $360M in NY IPO
Chinese online insurance technology firm Waterdrop Inc has raised $360 million by pricing its shares at $12 a piece in its New York initial public offering (IPO), according to two sources with direct ...
AIG’s P/C Business Squeaks Into the Black; Net Income Soars
AIG's property/casualty insurance business squeaked into the black during the first quarter after losing money a year ago, and the company's overall net income grew substantially, thanks in part to ...
Insurer Reviews Options After Egyptian Court Allows Continued Container Ship Detention
An Egyptian court on Tuesday ruled that the container ship which blocked the Suez Canal in March could continue to be held in the waterway, rejecting an appeal by its Japanese owner against its ...
COVID Is One of Many Risks Insurers and Financial Sector Firms Face: Allianz
Covid-19 may drive market corrections and insolvencies that could impact financial institutions' balance sheets, increase exposures for directors and result in litigation. However, financial ...
SCOTUS Won’t Revive Wells Fargo Accounts Scandal Suit
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rebuffed a bid by current and former employees of Wells Fargo & Co to revive a lawsuit over losses to their retirement plan following a scandal over fake accounts ...
Allstate Books $1.4B Q1 Loss Over Life and Annuity Divestitures
Allstate lost more than a billion dollars during the first quarter, stemming from the sale of its life insurance and annuity business. But the company substantially boosted revenues based on ...
Metromile Will Let Customers Use Bitcoin to Buy Insurance, Get Claims Payments
Metromile plans to start letting customers use bitcoin to buy insurance or receive payments for insured claims, beginning later this year. The San Francisco-based InsurTech said the use of bitcoin ...