Strategy
Carriers Moving Toward Independent Models Will Need to Provide Support to Reap Benefits
The property/casualty insurance market is seeing its biggest shake-ups in recent memory. New players, shifting customer expectations, consolidation and new operational models have all hit the market ...
U.S. Insurers Hear Demands to Use Social and Environmental Issues in Decision-Making
U.S. insurers are increasingly listening to demands from stakeholders that they use social and environmental factors in their decision-making, according to a new AM Best survey. The ratings entity ...
Chubb CEO Greenberg: More Than Climate Change Drives Climb in Natural Catastrophe Insured Losses
Chubb, like all P/C insurers, is seeing regular spikes in commercial and personal property insured losses due to increasingly costly natural catastrophes. Chubb Chairman and CEO Evan Greenberg said ...
AIG Makes Leadership Changes as It Readies Separation of Life & Retirement Business
American International Group made a number of senior leadership changes intended to aid in the separation of its Life & Retirement business and other strategic priorities. Among the biggest ...
At ITC Vegas 2021: Elation, Hugs and Handshakes After Two Long Years
After a year-and-a-half of mostly conducting business by way of Zoom calls, webinars and an endless flow of digital notifications, insurance professionals and entrepreneurs were eager to see one ...
Generali Closer to Controlling Cattolica, After Berkshire Hathaway Tenders Stake in Company
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has tendered its stake in Cattolica under a takeover offer by Assicurazioni Generali, a source close to the situation said on Friday. The move brings Italy's top ...
Guidewire Launches Program to Connect Its Insurance Customers to Possible InsurTech Partners
Guidewire Software has launched a new program designed to connect its insurance industry customers to up-and-coming InsurTechs. Dubbed, Insurtech Vanguards, the program will highlight innovative ...
Marshmallow, a $1.3B Car Insurance Startup, Aims for the Big Leagues
For three centuries, a handful of insurers have dominated the market from the City of London. The upstart intent on challenging them rents two floors just outside the district in an area known as ...