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What P/C Insurance Industry Lobbyists Are Fighting for in 2016
Election year or not, P/C industry lobbyists are planning for a busy 2016 in Washington, D.C. The American Insurance Association and the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies are among ...
CNA Lost $70M in Q4, Dragged Down by Life & Group Results
CNA Financial Corp. lost $70 million in its 2015 fourth quarter, an outcome shaped in part by declining investments and its Life & Group results. The Illinois-based property/casualty insurer ...
XL Catlin Partners With New MGU Ventus for Commercial Property Risks
XL Catlin will work with Ventus Risk Management, a newly formed managing general underwriter, to provide commercial property insurance for small and midsize enterprises. Through the partnership, ...
Executives On the Move at Endurance, Brit and Sompo Canopius
A Chubb executive jumps ship to Endurance Specialty Holdings. Specialty Insurer Brit Lt. names some to lead its new Singapore office. Canopius revamps, renames itself and makes some executive ...
Generali Names Interim Chief After Greco Leaves for Zurich
Assicurazioni Generali SpA appointed its Chairman Gabriele Galateri, as acting chief executive officer after CEO Mario Greco decided to quit Italy's biggest insurer to become the head of Zurich ...
Taiwan Arrests Developers of Apartment Building Destroyed in Quake
A Taiwanese court on late Tuesday approved the detention of three people involved in constructing an apartment building that collapsed in a deadly earthquake at the weekend. Lin Ming-hui, the former ...
U.S. to Google: Computers Can Qualify as Drivers Under the Law
U.S. vehicle safety regulators have said the artificial intelligence system piloting a self-driving Google car could be considered the driver under federal law, a major step toward ultimately winning ...
Where Insurers Rank Among World’s Top Brands: 2016
Allianz is the only global insurance organization that ranks among the top 50 most valuable brands in the world, but even the German company failed to garner the highest brand rating of AAA+ awarded ...