Growth Initiatives
The Latest Launches From Tokio Marine HCC and Chubb
Tokio Marine HCC formed a new subsidiary in Mexico designed to help address customers' surety needs in Mexico. Chubb launched specialized coverage designed to address unique exposures that impact ...
AXA, W.R. Berkley Finance Startups Focused on Cybersecurity Ratings, Digital Coverage
AXA joined a $50 million financing for an information security company that rates companies' cybersecurity readiness. W.R. Berkley Corp. led a $12.5 million funding round for a startup with an ...
Carriers, Agents Gain Plenty by Keeping Small Biz Customers Happy With Claims Processing
If carriers and agents can handle their small business clients' claims well, they could be better positioned to keep their customers happy. Approximately 94 percent of small business owners who said ...
Hamilton CEO Albo Credits Strategy, Excellent Timing as Leading to New Acquisition Deal
Strategy plus some remarkably good timing helped lead to Hamilton Insurance Group's first acquisition deal under the leadership of CEO Pina Albo. On March 14, Hamilton announced it would acquire ...
PartnerRe Reorganizes Property & Casualty Arm Into 3 Regional Units
PartnerRe plans to reorganize its Property & Casualty arm into a regional structure and will make several changes to its executive leadership team as part of that process. Effective April 1, ...
The Latest Launches From Munich Re, AXA XL and More
Munich Re is debuting cover that insures the performance of batteries used on an industrial scale to help generate energy. AXA XL and InsurTech startup Assurely will collaborate on insurance coverage ...
The Latest Launches From Allstate and Travelers
Allstate disclosed that its coverage for Uber drivers is now offered in 11 additional states. Travelers' Canadian arm is launching new services for specialty insurance corporate customers that come ...
Independent Agents Satisfied With Carrier Interactions Send More Business to Them: J.D. Power
It may be obvious to those in the industry that the more satisfied independent insurance agents are with an insurance carrier, the more business they will conduct with that carrier. But the message ...