Underwriting
American National Group Reportedly Up for Possible Sale
U.S. insurer American National Group Inc is exploring options that could include a sale of the company, people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. The news sent shares of American ...
Judge Orders Right-Wing Institute to Pay $2.4M to Man Hurt at Charlottesville Rally
A federal judge in Ohio has ordered a right-wing think tank led by white nationalist Richard Spencer to pay $2.4 million to an Ohio man severely injured during a white supremacist and neo-Nazi rally ...
For years, the insurance industry has been working to reduce the friction that slows down underwriting, claims, and servicing. Now,...
Generali Invests in (Environmentally Friendly) Electric Scooter Startup
Italy's biggest insurer Generali has bought a stake in Ridemovi, which offers bicycle and electric scooter sharing services, to help it expand in Italy, Spain and beyond. Ridemovi, which operates ...
Monitaur Raises Funding to Fuel Development of Machine Learning Assurance Tech
InsurTech startup Monitaur raised some crucial early-stage financing that will help expand hiring and its development of machine learning assurance technology. The oversubscribed $2.6 million funding ...
Investment Gains Fuel Liberty Mutual’s Q1 Income Results
Strong investment income gains helped Liberty Mutual more than doubled its first-quarter net income, largely countering more than $1 billion in catastrophe losses. Still, its consolidated combined ...
Finding a Way to Make Pandemics Insurable Again
When much of the global economy locked down last year, insurers, facing estimated losses of more than $100 billion globally, reached straight for their red pens to strike pandemic cover from all new ...
AXA Won’t Cover Ransomware Extortion Payments Anymore in France
In an apparent industry first, the global insurance company AXA said Thursday it will stop writing cyber insurance policies in France that reimburse customers for extortion payments made to ...
Why Rapid Cyber Rate Hikes Will Continue for Some Time
While global commercial insurance rate hikes are starting to moderate, cyber seems likely to be an outlier for some time to come. "Right now, we are not at a stage where we can see the end of the ...