Commercial Lines
InsurTechs Focused on Structural Data, Vehicle Title Digitization Attract Financing
An American Family spinout raised $8 million in Series A financing that will help expand the reach of its residential and commercial property characteristic data and predictive analysis products. ...
Weather Risks Could Become Uninsurable Without Acting on Climate Change: Swiss Re
Global warming will lead to growing intensity and frequency of severe weather events, rising losses, as well as greater uncertainty in the assessment of these events by the insurance industry, which ...
Zoom Class Action Suit Alleges Overstatement of Privacy Standards, Nondisclosure of Security Flaws
Zoom Video Communications Inc was slapped with a class action suit by one of its shareholders on Tuesday, accusing the video-conferencing app of overstating its privacy standards and failing to ...
UK Insurers Cancel More Than $1.2B in Dividends Over Coronavirus Worries
British insurers canceled more than 1 billion pounds ($1.2 billion) of dividends on Wednesday, in moves welcomed by the Bank of England which had cautioned the sector about the risk of heavy costs ...
Coronavirus Fallout Leads to A.M. Best Outlook Downgrade for U.S. Commercial Insurers
U.S. commercial lines insurers must now carry an outlook downgrade from A.M. Best due to fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. The decision by A.M. Best to revise its outlook for the segment to ...
Executives On The Move at W.R. Berkley, AXIS and BHSI
W.R. Berkley Corp. made two executive appointments. AXIS Insurance named a new head of U.S. Excess & Surplus Property. Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance promoted an executive to head its ...
Insurance Industry Veteran Kevin Brooks Passes Away Due to COVID-19 Complications
Insurance industry veteran Kevin P. Brooks passed away on April 3, 2020, due to complications of COVID-19. Brooks had a long and successful career in the insurance industry, focusing on wholesale, ...
Allianz Warns Facilities Shut Down During Pandemic Pose New Risks
Many companies are having to shut down their premises temporarily at short notice due to the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the risk consultants of Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), ...