Underwriting
Aviva Plans to Become Net Zero Carbon Emissions Company by 2040
British insurer Aviva plans to become a net zero carbon emissions company by 2040, it said on Monday, claiming this was the most demanding target set by any major insurer worldwide. Following the ...
Observers Give Mixed Reception to Chubb’s New Blink Digital Platform
Chubb is an old school P/C insurer touting its new Blink platform for consumers as an "easy, effortless and affordable" option "for digitally-savvy consumers." Interestingly, many InsurTechs use the ...
A Post-Merger SiriusPoint Makes Its Debut
SiriusPoint Ltd., a Bermuda-based international specialty insurance and reinsurance company, has formally launched, the creation of a merger between two specialty companies. Specialty reinsurer Third ...
Irish Insurer FBD More Than Doubles Money Set Aside for COVID Lockdown Claims
Irish insurer FBD more than doubled the money set aside to cover lockdown-linked claims to 65 million euros ($79 million) after it lost a test case brought by four publicans over a policy that ...
Munich Re’s 2020 Profit Plunges 55%, Spurred by COVID Claims
Munich Re reported a profit of €1.21 billion (US1.47 billion) for 2020, a 55 percent decline from the €2.71 billion (US$3.29 billion) reported for the previous year. The reinsurer's Q4 2020 ...
Chubb, AXA Among 15 Insurers Ceasing Business With Nord Stream 2 Pipeline to Avoid Sanctions
Baker Hughes Co and AXA Group and 16 other companies recently quit work on Russia's Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline and will not be sanctioned, according to a document the Biden administration ...
Munich Re No Longer Insuring Nord Stream 2 Pipeline
A subsidiary of Germany's Munich Re will no longer insure the Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia to Europe amid the fear of sanctions by the U.S. government. The U.S. has been threatening sanctions ...
Update: Wife Sues Husband’s Employer for Causing Her COVID-19 Infection
A federal judge is weighing what she called a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that would hold an employer responsible for a worker's spouse getting sick with COVID-19. Plenty of families have sued ...