Commercial Lines
NORCAL Mutual: Stronger Through Consolidation
Consolidation is a major consideration for NORCAL Mutual Insurance Co., "whether it's physicians joining larger groups, agents being acquired, or companies like ours taking advantage of M&A ...
Grinnell Mutual: Make a Plan, Give Ice Cream
When Larry Jansen took over as CEO five years ago, Grinnell Mutual was losing $50 million every year on its farm mutual book (which is a third of its business), its employees were unmotivated, and ...
PartnerRe Q4 Results Swing to Loss; P/C Combined Ratio Stays Below 90
PartnerRe Ltd. said it lost $191 million in the 2016 fourth quarter due, in part, to some one time costs such stemming from being acquired by Italian Investment firm EXOR and some business unit ...
Willis Towers Watson Aims to Buy French Aviation Brokerage
Willis Towers Watson has entered into exclusive negotiations with OAAGC, the French aviation brokerage, to acquire its team and book of business. Paris-based OAAGC (Office d'Assurances AƩriennes G. ...
Cyber Attacks Spur $350M Reduction in Verizon’s Yahoo Acquisition Offer
Verizon Communications Inc said on Tuesday it would buy Yahoo Inc's core business for $4.48 billion, lowering its original offer by $350 million in the wake of two massive cyber attacks at the ...
UPS Tests Delivery With Octocopter Drone
United Parcel Service Inc. sees a day when your latest purchase may be dropped off not by a brown-clad delivery driver, but by an octocopter drone. The world's largest courier took a step closer to ...
Allianz Debuts Morocco Operations Made Possible by Zurich Sale
The Allianz Group is now officially open for business in Morocco. Its division in the North African Country, Allianz Maroc, formally debuted on Feb. 22. Based in Casablanca, it was previously known ...
IVANS Releases ‘Market Insights’ Index of Renewal Premium Changes
In conjunction with the recent introduction of some carrier-focused digital distribution tools, IVANS also unveiled "Market Insights," delivering an IVANS index of data on renewal premium changes to ...

