Commercial Lines
Insurance Value Chain Poised for Big Changes From Data-Driven Business Models
Digital transformation empowers consumers to be more informed and independent, and equips insurers with the tools to develop new tailored products and services and refine existing ones, said the ...
After Brexit: EU Links Financial Relations With UK to Trade Deal
Access to the European Union market for Britain-based financial firms will be linked to the overall results of trade talks with London, EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier said on Monday. Britain and ...
Berkley CEO Warns ‘Clouds Are Beginning to Build’ for Workers Comp
While the market is hardening and rates are increasing for nearly every commercial insurance line, workers compensation remains stubbornly soft. That reality is something that W.R. Berkley's CEO ...
Executives On The Move at W.R. Berkley Corp. and Great American
W.R. Berkley Corp. made two new executive appointments, both promotions from within. Great American Insurance promoted a veteran executive from one of its units to senior vice president within its ...
Facebook Will Fork Over $550M in Giant Biometric Privacy Settlement
Facebook Inc. agreed to pay $550 million to resolve claims it collected user biometric data without consent in one of the largest consumer privacy settlements in U.S. history. The accord, which ...
Brexit Arrives, While Scotland Keeps Fighting for Independence
As jubilant Brexit supporters gather to celebrate the U.K.'s departure from the European Union, Scotland is digging in to its position as the last bastion of political resistance. First Minister ...
Brexit Transition Period Ahead for UK, EU Insurers: A.M. Best
As of Jan. 31, 2020, Brexit is finally here. But the UK's departure from the European Union shouldn't have any immediate impact on UK or EU insurers, A.M. Best said in its latest commentary. That ...
Lloyd’s First Syndicate-in-a-Box Aims to Be an Innovation Lab: Munich Re
Lloyd's of London is expecting big things for 2020 as it rolls out the key initiatives for its massive modernization project designed make it easier to do business with Lloyd's and, ultimately, ...