Commercial Lines
State Farm to Leave Banking Business Through New Strategic Alliance
State Farm is getting out of the banking business. The property/casualty insurer said it has formed a strategic alliance with U.S. Bank, allowing it to assume State Farm Bank's existing deposit and ...
U.S. P/C Net Underwriting Income Grew by Nearly $5B in 2019: A.M. Best
Net underwriting income for the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry in 2019 grew by $4.9 million from 2018, A.M. Best said in a new report. Underwriting income hit $4.1 billion in 2019, from a ...
Investor Sues Bayer, Alleging ‘Disastrous’ Monsanto Acquisition
A Bayer AG investor sued the board and other top company officials, claiming the "disastrous" 2018 acquisition of Monsanto Co. eroded the company's share value by saddling it with potentially ...
UK Storms Lead to Nearly $474M in Insurance Payouts: ABI
Insurers expect to pay more than $473.7 million to UK customers hit by the recent Storms Ciara and Dennis, according to initial estimates from the Association of British Insurers (ABI). Initial ABI ...
New York Residents Can Buy Travel Insurance With Coronavirus Protections
Travel insurers and travel agents will offer New York residents and businesses the ability to buy coverage that would allow them to cancel a trip for any reason, including those related to ...
Aon, Willis Tower Watson to Combine in Massive Merger Deal
Global insurance brokers Aon and Willis Towers Watson announced a definitive agreement to combine in an all-stock transaction with an implied combined equity value of approximately $80 billion. Under ...
Tractable’s AI-Focused Disaster Recovery Tech Has Global Possibilities: CEO Dalyac
Now that Tractable has nailed down $25 million in new venture financing, founder and CEO Alex Dalyac's growth plans are kicking in. The InsurTech startup, launched in 2014, develops artificial ...
Coronavirus Spread Raises Govt. and Bank Demand for Debt Insurance
The cost of insuring exposure to sovereign as well as corporate debt rose almost across the board on Friday as the spread of coronavirus raised the prospect of debt distress and government bailouts. ...