Commercial Lines
IVANS Digital Distribution Tool Will Help Carriers Grow—With Agents
With no intention of disintermediating anybody, IVANS is rolling out new commercial lines "digital distribution capabilities," which the firm promises will give carriers a "data-driven method" to ...
Former Willis Towers Watson Exec Joins JLT Specialty USA Cargo Team
A former Willis Towers Watson executive is joining JLT Specialty USA as senior vice president. Jim White, a 34-year-industry veteran, will work with JLT's global Cargo team, with a focus on expanding ...
Despite AIG’s Poor Q4, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch Remain Patient
Despite American International Group's poor 2016 fourth quarter earnings performance, Fitch Ratings and Standard & Poor's both have affirmed the insurer's ratings, with a few qualifiers slipped ...
Insurer/Investor Group Urges G20 Economies to Phase out Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Investors and insurers with more than $2.8 trillion in assets under management on Wednesday called on the Group of 20 economies to phase out fossil fuel subsidies by 2020 despite U.S. doubts about ...
Insurance Software M&A: Sapiens to Grab StoneRiver for $102M
Sapiens International Corp. has agreed to snatch up StoneRiver Inc. for $102 million in cash – one of the larger recent acquisitions in the insurance software and services space. Plans call for ...
Lloyd’s CEO Beale Sees Insurance Opportunities in Trump Trade Threats
Lloyd's of London Chief Executive Officer Inga Beale said Donald Trump's presidency and the U.K.'s planned exit from the European Union are creating opportunities to sell insurance guarding ...
AIG Loses $3.04B in Q4, Slammed by Higher-Than-Expected Claims Costs
American International Group Inc. posted its fourth loss in six quarters, burned again by higher-than-expected claims costs as Chief Executive Officer Peter Hancock struggles to sustain ...
Flood Risk Catastrophe Modeler Launches U.S. Office
JBA Risk Management, a provider of flood risk catastrophe modeling information in the UK, Canada and elsewhere, has launched a California-based U.S. office. "We are thrilled to be expanding our ...