Commercial Lines
Once Again, the U.S. Asks SCOTUS to Stop Teens’ Climate-Change Lawsuit
President Donald Trump's administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court stop a novel and sweeping lawsuit pressed by children and teenagers seeking to force the federal government to take steps against ...
Liberty Mutual Is Pursuing Strategic Review of Pembroke Managing Agency
Liberty Mutual Insurance announced it is undertaking a strategic review of its London-based Pembroke Managing Agency Ltd., acquired through the lronshore purchase in May of 2017. The company has ...
An Extended Brexit Transition Could Ease Deadlocked Negotiations: UK PM May
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May said she is weighing a plan that would keep the U.K. bound to European rules for longer, in an attempt to break the deadlock in talks. May confirmed on Thursday that ...
Lower Cat Losses, Higher Premiums, Helped Make Travelers’ Q3 Results Soar
Property and casualty insurer Travelers Corp on Thursday reported a third-quarter profit that more than doubled, driven by lower catastrophe losses and an increase in premiums and investment income. ...
Chubb Appoints Gonsalves as New Division President of Bermuda
Chubb named Judy Gonsalves as its new division president of Bermuda. Gonsalves, who was also given the title of vice president, will be responsible for the Bermuda-based commercial property/casualty ...
InsurTech Startups Click2Sure, Jooycar, Attract New Financing
Greenlight Capital Re has invested in another startup, this time a digital insurance platform launched in South Africa. Miami-based private equity firm HCS Capital Partners said it has committed ...
After Applied, Google ‘Definitely’ Looking for Other InsurTech Investments
Google is eager to invest in other insurance technology companies well beyond its newly announced minority stake in Applied Systems, a principal investor with the global search engine giant said on ...
Most Cyber Attacks on UK Come From Hostile States: Security Officials
The U.K.'s National Cyber Security Centre blamed hostile foreign states for the majority of the 1,167 attacks it has handled in the two years it's been running, equivalent to 10 assaults a week. In ...