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Liberty Mutual’s Financial Strength Ratings Won’t Be Harmed by State Auto Acquisition: Fitch Ratings
Liberty Mutual Holding Company's planned $1 billion cash acquisition of State Auto Group should not affect its financial strength rating at all, Fitch Ratings said. The reason: Liberty Mutual is ...
Cape Analytics Pulls in $44M in New Financing From Multiple Investors
Cape Analytics has attracted $44 million in new financing, and the provider of property data plans to use the funds for expansion, accelerated product development, and hiring of more machine ...
Aviva Warns UK Government Safety Plan for High-Rise Buildings Could Push Away Investors
Aviva Plc, the UK insurer and asset manager, warned the government that new safety proposals for high-rise apartment blocks could steer institutional investors away from the residential property ...
Climate Change Financial ‘Stress Tests’ Need Better Data and Modeling: Global Oversight Body
Climate change financial 'stress tests' will need to be improved with better data and modeling, a new paper by a global oversight body has recommended, but potential losses at individual banks or ...
Does It Ever Make Sense for Firms to Pay Ransomware Criminals?
Global insurance company AXA announced in May that it will stop writing cyber insurance coverage in France that reimburses customers for making payments to ransomware criminals. Cyber insurance ...
Travelers Makes ‘Strategic Minority Investment’ in Fidelis Insurance Holdings
The Travelers Companies said it has made a "strategic minority investment" in Fidelis Insurance Holdings, a privately-owned global specialty insurer and reinsurer. Neither side disclosed financial ...
Online Insurance Marketplace Policygenius Reportedly Exploring Going Public Through SPAC Merger
Policygenius Inc., an online insurance marketplace, is in talks to go public through a merger with the blank-check company PWP Forward Acquisition Corp. I, according to people with knowledge of the ...
Applied Underwriters Snatches Up Generali Group’s U.S. Specialty Lines Arm
Applied Underwriters has acquired the U.S. Specialty Lines division of Generali Group including Generali Warranty Services, which offers extended warranty programs and contractual liability insurance ...