Strategy
Sirius International Is Now a Public Company, Thanks to Easterly Merger
Sirius International Insurance Group Ltd. is now a public company. The global multiline insurance and reinsurance group accomplished this by closing its previously announced merger with special ...
Cyber Risk Management Firm Zeguro Secures $5M Financing From Munich Re, QBE, Others
Cyber Risk management firm Zeguro closed a $5 million seed financing round, attracting insurance industry investors including Munich Re and QBE. Both insurers made the capital contributions through ...
Berkshire Hathaway’s Q3 Profit Gains Spanned Insurance and Everything Else
Berkshire Hathaway Inc, the conglomerate run by billionaire Warren Buffett, on Saturday said its quarterly operating profit doubled as its insurance business dodged hurricanes and benefited from ...
Zurich Canada Revamps Both Its Organizational Structure and Executive Team
Zurich Canada announced a new organizational structure and team designed to simplify and strengthen the insurer's go-to-market approach. "We now have the structure in place to ramp up our support for ...
InsurTech Pilots and Pivots: Learning by Doing and Undoing
"If you can't admit a failure, you're not an entrepreneur. You are not a good business person. There's nothing brilliant about what you are doing." –Mark Cuban InsurTechs are great for the industry ...
AIG CEO Duperreault Cautions Initial 2019 Underwriting Profit Won’t Be ‘A Great One’
American International Group has continued to face General Insurance underwriting losses since President and CEO Brian Duperreault took the helm of the struggling insurer in mid-2017. He remains ...
QBE Creates Three Global Units in Structural Revamp; Exec Teams Named
QBE announced changes to its structure, designed to further simplify its operations and build a more streamlined, agile and customer-oriented business. Following the underwriting remediation in Asia, ...
The Latest Launches From Chubb and Next Insurance
Chubb has started using its digital platform to sell insurance products for the small commercial market. Next Insurance now markets a general contractor insurance policy for small businesses.
UBI Insurance Is Not Usage-Based. Sorry, Not Sorry!
Usage-based pricing is a fascinating topic for insurers. A technology that allows persistent monitoring of risk exposure during the coverage period could potentially enable insurers to price each ...