Leadership & Strategy
Chubb CEO Greenberg: Don’t Ban Ransomware Payments (Except Maybe Cryptocurrency)
How can insurers and society combat ransomware? Chubb Chairman and CEO Evan Greenberg is doubling down against outlawing ransomware payments to address the issue. He appears to make an exception, ...
The Latest Launches From Chubb and Net Insurance
What is being billed as the first on-demand and pay-per-use plan to protect against home theft has debuted in Italy, in a collaboration between three companies. Chubb added Errors and Omissions ...
Build Margin Into Your Life to Avoid Burnout: Leadership Tips
Overscheduling your day can make you less productive at work and may even lead to burnout and a sense of emptiness. However, building margin into your life can give you room to breathe, reflect and ...
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 ...