Commercial Lines
National General Takes Nonstandard Auto Renewals in Deal With Nationwide
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company's distribution force will start selling some National General Holdings Corp. nonstandard auto policies, National General announced Thursday. National General and ...
La Niña Will Chill Northern U.S., Dry Out the South Through Winter
A La Nina that threatens to push cold temperatures across the northern U.S. and extend drought conditions in the south will probably remain in the Pacific deep into the winter, fading away by spring, ...
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Insurability Challenges Hamper Cyber Market Development: Geneva Assoc. Report
While insurance against cyber risk represents a tremendous new business for the insurance industry, numerous problems with the insurability currently impede the development of the market," according ...
Too Much Tech, More Lawyers Fuel Auto Insurance Woes: Hartford Execs
Although small commercial insurance—outside of auto—is a top-line accelerator at The Hartford, auto insurance severity continues hitting the bottom line, say executives who expect a pretax $50 ...
Carriers Can Avoid Some 2017 Uncertainty by Combating Cyber Risk, Embracing Innovation
Property/casualty face uncertainty about how they'll fare in 2017 for a variety of reasons, but there are four ways the sector can boost its odds for success, a new EY report argues. Insurers can ...
Trade Secrets Stolen in Massive Cyber Attack Against Steelmaker ThussenKrupp
Technical trade secrets were stolen from the steel production and manufacturing plant design divisions of ThyssenKrupp AG in cyber attacks earlier this year, the German company said on Thursday. ...
German Vice Chancellor Balks at Brexit Pace
German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said Brexit is taking "far too long" and maintaining the U.K.'s ties to the European Union won't be easy. Gabriel signaled concern that extended uncertainty ...
Cyence’s CEO Sees an Urgent Need to Model Cyber Risk
Property/casualty insurers continue to explore ways to better insure cyber risk. Cyence digs deeper, modeling the financial impact cyber events can cause. Launched a little over two years ago in ...