Commercial Lines
Small Business Insurers Blend Know-How and Tech to Stand Their Ground as Upstart Challengers Threaten
The Hartford is one of the longtime, traditional players in the small business insurance market; Hiscox USA is relatively new to the market. Both claim success as major U.S. players in the space. The ...
DuPont, Chemours Will Fork Over $671M to Resolve Chemical Leak Lawsuits
DuPont and Chemours Co have agreed to pay $671 million in cash to settle thousands of lawsuits involving a leak of a toxic chemical used to make Teflon, the companies said on Monday. Shares of ...
Summer Weather Predictions Toughen With La Niña’s Demise
With the end of a Pacific La Nina and no clear signal of where ocean temperatures are heading, predicting spring and summer weather that will impact agriculture and energy markets just got a little ...
Willis Re Tallies $39.5B in Natural Catastrophe Insured Losses for 2016
Insured loss estimates from major natural catastrophes totaled $39.5 billion during 2016, which is the highest level since 2012 when market losses totaled $60 billion, according to a report published ...
Former AIG Chairman Greenberg Admits to Wrongdoing in Longstanding New York Fraud Lawsuit
Former American International Group Inc. Chairman Maurice "Hank" Greenberg admitted to participating and approving two fraudulent reinsurance deals as part of a settlement over a decade-old fraud ...
RSA, Post-Restructuring, Debuts New Global Risk Solutions Arm
RSA has finalized a new Global Risk Solutions (GRS) operating model aimed at giving brokers and customers better access to decision-makers and helping the division itself operate with more focus in ...
Markel’s 2016 Saw Investment Income Gains, Higher Cat Losses
Markel Corp. ended 2016 with a drop in net income and increase in the combined ratio, with Hurricane Matthew and the Canadian wildfires to blame for higher catastrophe losses. At the same time, the ...
January Severe Weather in U.S. Cost Insurers More than $1B: Aon
Major weather and flood events in the U.S. during January will cost the insurance industry more than $1 billion as tornadoes hit a 17-year high, according a report published by Impact Forecasting, ...