Strategy
AIG Combines Reinsurance Divisions Into Single Unit; Ex-Marsh Exec Schaper to Lead
American International Group has combined its various reinsurance divisions into a single global entity dubbed AIG Re. The consolidated operation includes Validus Re, AlphaCat and Talbot Treaty, ...
Chubb Teams With National Association of Women Business Owners to Provide Resources
The National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) has partnered with Chubb to provide NAWBO members with small business insurance resources, such as education, insurance products and services ...
U.S. Auto Insurance Customers Grow Happier With Direct-to-Consumer Models: J.D. Power
U.S. auto insurance consumers are quite happy about their coverage, and a growing shift to direct-to-consumer models has driven much of their good feelings, J.D. Power said in a new report. Overall ...
Executive View: Why Insurers Need to Partner With Customers, Tech Startups
As smart carriers continue to leverage cognitive and digital computing technologies to better understand, mitigate and absorb customers' property and casualty risks, the insurance industry is primed ...
Swiss Re Confirms ReAssure’s Plan for London IPO
Swiss Re AG confirmed that its U.K.-based ReAssure Group Plc unit intends to undertake an initial public offering, giving the business firepower to expand its closed life and pension business. The ...
How InsurTech Can Improve Catastrophe Response
I have been on the catastrophe front lines. I have worked 12-hour days, seven days a week, for weeks on end estimating and paying for losses to ensure people had money to start repairing their ...
Liberty Mutual Invests in, Partners With Autonomous Vehicle Safety Tech Startup
Liberty Mutual has taken a preemptive step to helping brokers and customers alike better understand emerging autonomous vehicle technologies, partnering with a technology firm focused on the matter. ...
Consortium Launches Effort to Better Understand Insurance Industry Issues, Opportunities for Women
A wide-scale effort is launching that is designed to develop better understanding of issues and opportunities for women in the insurance industry. The Million Women Mentors' Women in Insurance ...