Strategy
Aon Benfield Places AIG Cover For Massive U.K. Energy Meter Project
Aon Benfield said it has brokered insurance underwritten by AIG that will facilitate the U.K. government's push to install smart energy meter systems around the country by 2020. Specifically, it will ...
Safety Concerns Aside, Drone Use is Soaring
The government is getting near-daily reports — and sometimes two or three a day — of drones flying near airplanes and helicopters or close to airports without permission, federal and industry ...
Marsh Brokers Specialty Insurance for Class-Action Lawsuit Settlements
Marsh is now selling specialty insurance designed to help companies address the cost of class-action lawsuit settlements. Class Action Managing General Agency created the coverage, which is known ...
P/C Lobbyists Come Out Swinging Against International Capital Standards
Trade groups representing the property/casualty industry are fighting back against a push to apply global capital requirements to large U.S. insurers who have significant international operations. ...
Hamilton Acquiring Lloyd’s Sportscover
Hamilton Insurance Group said today that it has entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire Sportscover Underwriting Limited, a Lloyd's managing agent which manages Syndicate 3334, and Kinetic ...
U.S. P/C Small Business Insurance Market Ripe for Consolidation: Conning
If heavy competition breeds consolidation, then property/casualty small business insurance is ripe for it in the coming years. Here's why: Both large and small insurers devote lots of attention to ...
Aquiline Grabs Piece of Reinsurance Intermediary Beach & Associates
Beach & Associates, an independent specialty reinsurance intermediary, has a new majority investor: Aquiline Capital Partners. The New York-based private equity firm disclosed it snatched up a ...
PCI Recap: QBE NA CEO Sets Record Straight on Middle-Market Biz
The middle-market segment is a valuable component of the business of QBE North America, the chief executive officer said during a recent interview, putting to rest rumors that the segment is up for ...