Commercial Lines
The Ransomware Epidemic by the Numbers
During a session of the Casualty Actuarial Society Seminar on Reinsurance in June, Alexander Podmore, AVP and cyber underwriter for Swiss Re, defined a growing problem for cyber ...
Getting to Know Baloise Group
Located in the heart of Europe, with its head office in Basel, the Baloise Group is a provider of prevention, pension, assistance and insurance solutions. Its core markets are Switzerland, Germany, ...
7 Major Cyber Insurers Join in Cyber Analysis, Mitigation Effort
With cyber attacks and insurance claims on the rise, leading cyber insurers AIG, AXIS, Beazley, Chubb, The Hartford, Liberty Mutual Insurance and Travelers have formed a company to pool their data ...
Systemic Risk Analysis: Are Cyber Insurers Whistling Past the Graveyard?
While ransomware was the hot topic at 2021 midyear insurance industry conferences, discussions of the broader topic of systemic risk—spurred on by recent hacks of SolarWinds and Microsoft ...
‘Katy, Bar the Door’: More Risks Loom for Insurers Post-COVID
The soaring price of lumber was one of the hottest topics on the lips of industry executives speaking at midyear conferences, becoming a focus of discussion almost as often as cyber risks and social ...
Aon CEO Makes Case For Willis Deal Boosting Industry’s Innovation
The enhanced ability to innovate is a principal motivator for Aon's proposed acquisition of Aon and Willis Towers Watson. It's a message that Aon CEO Greg Case has been emphasizing since the $30 ...
Rare COVID Biz Interruption Win Hinges on Past Cat Urine Case Ruling
A judge has ruled in favor of a group of hotels whose owners sued their insurance carriers over lost business during the coronavirus pandemic. Businessman Mark Stebbins of Schleicher & Stebbins ...
French Pricing InsurTech Akur8 Raises $30M; Eyes U.S., Asian Markets
Akur8, the Paris-based InsurtTech firm that automates insurance pricing, has closed a Series B funding round of $30 million, bringing its total funding to $42 million. This latest funding round will ...