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Markel’s Q2 Informed by Strong Premium Gains, Except for Workers Comp
Markel Corp.'s second quarter saw a dip in net income even as rate hikes and business growth led to substantial gains for earned premiums. Its combined ratio also came in at a healthy level. "Our ...
COVID-19-Related Labor, Material Price Hikes Propelling Property Claim Cost Increases
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing a sharp increase in the price of materials and labor and driving increases in property claim costs, experts said during a webinar hosted by ATI Restoration on ...
Zurich Insurance, Metromile Disclose Their Post-COVID Return-to-Office Plans
Zurich Insurance and Metromile are among a number of industry companies that have plotted post- COVID returns to the office. Like the others who have recently disclosed their plans, they are doing so ...
Zurich Insurance Reportedly Close to Buying Deutsche Bank’s Italian Advisers Unit
Zurich Insurance Group AG is nearing a deal to buy Deutsche Bank AG's Italian financial promoters network, according to people familiar with the matter. Zurich has emerged as the leading candidate to ...
FDA Slaps ‘Most Serious’ Label on Philips Ventilator Recall Over Low Oxygen Risk
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday classified the recent recall of some of Philips' ventilators as Class 1, or the most serious type of recall, saying the use of these devices may cause ...
Willis Re Sale May Still Happen, Willis Towers Watson CEO Confirms
Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson PLC said on Tuesday it is weighing strategic alternatives for its reinsurance unit, Willis Re, days after a planned sale to rival Arthur J. Gallagher fell ...
COVID Variant, Disasters Cripple Global Supply Chains
LONDON/BEIJING – A new worldwide wave of COVID-19. Natural disasters in China and Germany. A cyber attack targeting key South African ports. Events have conspired to drive global supply chains ...
Amid Hot Real Estate Market, InsurTech Hippo Eyes a Cool $638M Listing Today
Hippo Enterprises Inc. wants to change homeowners' insurance by using customer data to make it faster and easier to get coverage, Hippo's chief executive said in an interview. The company, which has ...