Leadership & Strategy
Insured Losses From Germany’s Flooding Could Reach $6B: AIR Worldwide
AIR Worldwide, the Boston-based catastrophe modeling firm, estimates insured losses in Germany from July flooding could approach €5 billion ($6 billion). Low pressure system "Bernd" parked itself ...
Agentero Raises $13.5M to Expand Its Digital Insurance Network for Agents
Agentero raised $13.5 million in new financing designed to boost and help expand its digital insurance network for agents. The California-based InsurTech, launched in 2017, is designed to help ...
Kin CEO Harper Views SPAC Deal as ‘Time-Efficient’ Expansion Tool
Kin Insurance co-founder and CEO Sean Harper is aiming for the big leagues for his company, an InsurTech home insurance startup focused initially on catastrophe-prone regions. He envisions Kin, which ...
Carriers, InsurTechs Plot a Complicated Return to the Office
After more than 17 months of working from home due to COVID-19 safety concerns, many carriers and InsurTechs are planning a collective return to the office. The pandemic isn't over yet, of course, ...
Insurance Software Company Earnix Acquires Assets of Telematics InsurTech Driveway Software
Earnix, a software company focused on insurers and banks, has acquired the assets of Driveway Software Corp., a telematics provider that relies on artificial intelligence. Financial terms were not ...
AIG Chooses Sept. 14 as Global Post-COVID Return-to-Office Date
American International Group Inc , one of the largest U.S. insurers, has set Sept. 14 as its global return-to-office date, Chief Executive Officer Peter Zaffino told employees on Wednesday in a memo ...Carrier Management Midyear Update 2021: What’s Next?
As insurance and reinsurance leaders take a deep breath and prepare for a mask-free future, they probably do so with a combination of excitement and trepidation. Challenges ahead are interlaced with ...
Diversity Needs to Be Seen as a Business Imperative
Companies have been discussing the importance of diversity and inclusion for years, but now it's time to take action—to make real, observable, measurable and sustainable progress. That starts with ...