Strategy
Digital Innovation, Personal Service Can Help Agents and Brokers Keep Wealthy Clients
The global high-net-worth individual (HNWI) population has increased by 5 percent so far in 2016 to 16.6 million, with total global HNWI wealth increasing by 4 percent to $58.7 trillion, according to ...
Hiscox Helps Back Indio, a Commercial Insurance Broker Platform, in $2M Round
Hiscox is among the participants in a $2 million seed financing for Indio, a commercial insurance platform for brokers that aims to do what Sabre did for travel agents or Schwab did for wealth ...
A Handful of Wall Street Execs Still Avoid Using Emails or Texts
In an age when most bankers use keyboards to communicate with each other, a small group of the Wall Street elite refuses to say anything substantive in an email, text or chat, and some will not ...
Aspen Buys Puerto Rico MGA as Part of Caribbean Marine Expansion
Aspen Insurance has made an acquisition that will expand its specialist Marine capabilities in the Carribbean market. The Bermuda-based insurer said it bought Blue Waters Insurers, Corp. Blue Waters, ...
Super Regional Carrier Rises With Proposed BrickStreet Mutual/Motorists Mutual Affiliation
BrickStreet Mutual Insurance and Motorists Mutual Insurance Co. announced they have begun to formalize an affiliation agreement between the two companies. By affiliating, the insurers said they'll ...
Ironshore Adds Mandarin-Language Products, Services to M&A Unit
Ironshore International said it is now offering insurance documents and services in Mandarin for its Mergers & Acquisitions unit, a move that will help it better market to Chinese companies. The ...
Chubb CEO Greenberg: Enhanced Digital Experience Coming for High-Net-Worth Customers
Chubb CEO Evan Greenberg said the insurer plans to enhance its high-net-worth customers' digital experience in the coming months, underscoring the growing importance of InsurTech improvements as part ...
CEO Insight on Insurance M&A Drivers: From Fine Wine to Snapple
FROM THE ARCHIVES: A VINTAGE CARRIER MANAGEMENT ARTICLE FROM 2016 But even though insurance and reinsurance leaders these days deliver long lists of seemingly more compelling and logical reasons for ...