Commercial Lines
Ebix Will Pay $74.9M for Via, an Online Travel/E-Commerce Exchange
Ebix Inc. said that one of its Singapore subsidiaries will acquire Via.com, an Omni-channel online travel and assisted e-commerce exchange. The price tag: $74.9 million. Ebix, a provider of on-demand ...
Executives On The Move at AIG and Swiss Re
A former AIG executive has returned to the insurer to take on a newly-created role. Swiss Re's Corporate Solutions unit appointed a new executive with a North America focus. *** Chris Townsend will ...
Etherisc, an InsurTech Startup, Is Marketing Blockchain-Based Flight Delay Insurance
Etherisc, a Zug-Switzerland-based insurance platform startup, has begun offering blockchain-based flight delay insurance, called Flight Delay, which automates the process of getting an insurance ...
AIG’s Newly-Acquired Tech Subsidiary Now Known as ‘Blackboard’
"Blackboard," is the new name for American International Group's technology-focused subsidiary formerly known as Hamilton USA. Hamilton USA was part of Hamilton Insurance Group, but AIG announced ...
U.S. SEC Alleged to Wrongly Collect $14.9B From Investment Firm’s Liquidating Trustee
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has been hit with a class action lawsuit seeking to recover $14.9 billion that lawyers for an investment firm's liquidating trustee say should not have ...
Basic IT Security Best Practice Could Have Minimized the WannaCry Ransomware Attack: UK Govt.
The U.K. government holds North Korea responsible for the global WannaCry ransomware attack that crippled parts of the state-run National Health Service as a damning report highlighted its weak ...
Insurance Included in Singapore’s Plans to Create 4,000 Finance Sector Jobs
Singapore wants to bolster its status as a wealth management and foreign-exchange center as part of plans to create more financial-sector jobs and mitigate the effect of rapid changes in technology. ...
Executives On The Move at Ironshore and The Hartford
Ironshore appointed three executives to underwrite Specialty Casualty risk in U.S. and London markets. The Hartford named a new chief medical officer. *** Iron-Excess, the excess underwriting unit of ...