Commercial Lines
Executives On The Move at Munich Re and Everest Insurance
Munich Re appointed a new Chief Legal Officer for its U.S. division. Everest Insurance named a new head of the company's Excess & Surplus Primary Casualty unit. *** Munich Re America appointed ...
Liberty Mutual, Starr Join Bitcoin Investment Firm’s $100M Funding Round
Liberty Mutual and Starr Insurance Companies are among property/casualty carriers who joined a $100 million funding round for NYDIG, a technology and financial services firm focused on bitcoin. The ...
Insurance Is on GM’s Growing List of Side Ventures
Pam Fletcher wants to change the way General Motors Co makes money. The veteran GM engineer's Global Innovation team is looking for new enterprises to expand the automaker's sources of revenue well ...
UN Sustainable Investment Group Reviewing Liberty Mutual Membership Over Coal Mine Controversy
UNPRI, a United Nations-backed network that promotes sustainable investment, is reviewing the status of Liberty Mutual as a signatory after receiving a complaint that the U.S. insurer is backing a ...
Reinsurers Will Bear Brunt of Costs From Suez Canal Blockage
Reinsurers are set to foot most of the bill for the grounding of the ship that halted traffic in the Suez Canal, industry sources said, with payouts expected to run into hundreds of millions of ...
Experts Say Insurers Focusing on Diversity, Inclusion Have No Time to Waste
Diversity and inclusion initiatives are vital for insurers that want to close the talent gap and tackle any branding issues the industry faces, and there is no time to waste. That's according to ...
G20 Companies Will Face Common Disclosure Requirements on Climate Change Risks
G20 companies will face common disclosure requirements on climate change risks under plans by the Financial Stability Board, which coordinates financial rules for the group. In the latest sign of how ...
EU Institutions Struck by Major Cyber Attack
A range of European Union institutions including the European Commission were hit by a significant cyber attack last week. A spokesperson for the commission said that a number of EU bodies ...