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Billionaire Investor John Paulson Reportedly Planning AIG Board Exit
Billionaire John Paulson is planning to step down from American International Group Inc.'s board after his hedge fund sold shares in the insurer, according to a person familiar with the plan. The ...
New Data Underscores How Common Distracted Driving Risks Have Become
With auto insurers increasingly worried about a spike in accidents related to distracted driving, results from a new study will only reinforce their fears. A little more than 52 percent of trips that ...
Apple Nears Road Testing Start of Self-Driving Car Software
Apple Inc. will soon take its self-driving car software platform to public streets for the first time, a major step that gets the world's largest technology company into a crowded race to reshape ...
Insurers Increasingly Worry About Political Risk Coverage
Evan Freely has been insuring global risks for years—through the 2008 market meltdown, the 2002 crisis in Argentina, and the 1993 downturn in Venezuela. Yet turmoil now seems to be coming at a more ...
Zurich Completes $551M Deal to Buy Cover-More, Australia’s Largest Travel Insurer
Zurich Insurance Group has completed its $551 million acquisition of Cover-More, an Australian travel insurer and service provider that operates in Australia, India and the U.S. This transaction is ...
Cyclone Debbie Cost P/C Insurers $1.3B, Swiss Re $350M
Cyclone Debbie cost Swiss Re an estimated $350 million and the insurance industry roughly $1.3 billion, the world's second-biggest reinsurer said on Thursday, an unusually high loss that could see ...
Executives On The Move at AXIS, Great American and Crawford & Co.
AXIS Capital Holdings is hiring a former XL Catlin executive in an international leadership role. Great American Insurance Group promoted an executive to lead its Property & Inland Marine ...
The Latest Launches From Farmers, ISO/Verisk and More
Farmers Insurance is expanding into more states with a billing product designed to make the workers compensation coverage process easier for small businesses. ISO launched an interactive dashboard ...