Commercial Lines
Truck Owners Sue Ford, Alleging Diesel Emissions Were Rigged
Ford Motor Co. rigged at least 500,000 heavy-duty trucks to beat emissions tests, drivers claimed in a lawsuit, adding to the tally of carmakers linked to diesel-cheating allegations worldwide that ...
AIG Reportedly Weighed $10B Bid for Voya Financial
American International Group Inc. may be back in the market for large-scale deals. The insurer was in talks to buy Voya Financial Inc. in a transaction valued at more than $10 billion before ...
Berkshire Hathaway Promotes Likely Buffett Successors Abel and Jain
Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Wednesday promoted two of its top executives, Gregory Abel and Ajit Jain, adding them to its board and cementing their status as the most likely successors to Warren Buffett ...
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 ...