Commercial Lines
Newcomers See Opportunities as Carriers Face Hefty Pandemic Losses
Commercial insurers are facing hefty claims from the coronavirus crisis but are also seeing a steep rise in premiums – tempting companies and industry veterans to raise capital, launch new ...
Allstate to Grab National General in $4B Cash Offer
U.S. Insurer Allstate Corp said on Tuesday it will buy National General Holdings Corp for about $4 billion in cash, scaling up its auto insurance business at a time when the coronavirus has crushed ...
AXA Fund Unit Sets 33 Percent Target for Gender Diversity on Company Boards
AXA Investment Managers will set a 33% target for gender diversity on listed company boards in developed markets and may vote against companies which fail to meet this mark. The asset management unit ...
QOMPLX Plans MGA Subsidiary Launch for Fall 2020
QOMPLX, the developer of an intelligent decision platform used in cybersecurity, insurance, and quantitative finance, is launching a U.S.-based MGA subsidiary. RubiQon Risk & Insurance ...
InsurTechs Jupiter Intelligence and ClaimFlo to Represent North America in Zurich Innovation Championship
Zurich North America Insurance has selected two InsurTechs offering climate resilience and claims efficiency to represent North America in its second Innovation Championship. Jupiter Intelligence ...
Managing a Pandemic: Are There Lessons From Catastrophe Modeling?
COVID-19 isn't the first and won't be the last pandemic to threaten the well-being of the global population, but it will likely turn out to be the worst in the last 100 years. It would be hard to ...
Canadian InsurTech MGA Foxquilt Raises Seed Funding for Small-Biz Platform Development
A Canadian InsurTech focused on Small Business insurance said it raised $3.5 million in seed financing. Foxquilt, a Toronto-based MGA startup, said the funding will help it become a full-service ...
Executives On The Move at QBE North America and Safety National Re
QBE North America promoted a veteran executive to be Head of Professional Lines and Industry Verticals. At Safety National Re, its Chief Underwriting Officer for reinsurance has retired, and a rising ...