Commercial Lines
Executives On The Move at Hiscox, Kemper and Hub International
Hiscox promoted an executive to become its latest chief underwriting officer in the U.S., replacing another individual who is retiring. Kemper Corp. brought in a former CNO Financial Group executive ...
How to Win in Today’s U.S. Commercial Lines Market
Competition is fierce in the U.S. commercial lines market. Expectations continue to increase in terms of price, product and service. Distributors are pressuring insurers to increase commissions and ...
AmTrust CEO Zyskind, Stone Point Capital Propose Taking Insurer Private
A bid is afoot to take AmTrust Financial Services private. Stone Point Capital Partners, along with AmTrust Chairman and CEO Barry Zyskind and Director George Karfunkel (and his wife, Leah ...
Once Again, A.M. Best Continues Negative Outlook for U.S. P/C Reinsurance Sector
A.M. Best is continuing its negative outlook for the U.S. property/casualty reinsurance sector in 2018, adding that the space's financial performance continues to be "lackluster." "At this point, ...
Parametric Insurance Can Help Close Global Insurance Protection Gap: Clyde & Co.
Parametric insurance can play a significant role in closing the insurance protection gap – a problem that plagues economies in both the developing and developed world, according to a report ...
The Latest Launches From Roost and AmTrust Financial Services
AmTrust Financial Services is rolling out a new warranty app and platform. Roost is unveiling a smart garage door sensor. *** AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. has unveiled TapSafe, a new warranty app ...
Ex-Google Engineer Axed Over Gender Memo Sues For Discrimination
A former Google engineer fired after he asserted in a memo that biological causes were behind tech industry gender inequality sued his former employer on Monday, saying he was discriminated against ...
Trump Tells Farmers He Supports Crop Insurance
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday told farmers gathered in Tennessee that he supports crop insurance, signaling a possible shift from his proposals last year to shrink a program that many farmers ...