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AIG Debuts Lodging Cover for International Travelers Stuck With Positive COVID Tests
American International Group's travel insurance unit has started marking lodging coverage for travelers prevented from boarding a commercial flight to the U.S. after receiving a positive COVID-19 ...
UFG Insurance Will Diversify Risk Profile Through U.S. Reinsurance Expansion
UFG Insurance is looking to diversify across the U.S. by expanding into assumed reinsurance business – partly via quota share arrangements, such as the recently announced deal with Topsail Re, a ...
Tokio Marine: 2021 Material Impact Unlikely From Greensill Capital Collapse
Japanese insurer Tokio Marine Holdings Inc said on Tuesday it currently expects no material impact on its results for the fiscal year starting next month as a result of its exposure to the fallout of ...
The Hartford Rejects Chubb’s $23B Acquisition Offer
Property and casualty insurer Hartford rejected a $23.24 billion takeover offer from larger rival Chubb Ltd on Tuesday, derailing what would have been the largest deal in the property and casualty ...
Counterpart Pulls in $10M to Expand Management Liability Insurance Platform
Counterpart raised $10 million in financing designed to help fuel growth of its management liability insurance platform. Valor Equity Partners led the Los Angeles-based MGA InsurTech's financing. ...
Farmers Rolls Out Direct-to-Consumer Policies in Two Additional States
Farmers Insurance is debuting direct-to-consumer policies in Massachusetts and Louisiana. Customers in both states can now digitally access quotes and purchase customizable auto, home, condo, and ...
India Further Opens Its Insurance Sector to Foreigners
India on Monday further opened up its insurance sector to foreigners, as the nation seeks to spur investments to give a fillip to an economy battered by the pandemic. Lawmakers approved a legislation ...
SCOTUS Spurns Facebook’s Appeal in User Tracking Lawsuit
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away Facebook Inc's bid to pare back a $15 billion class action lawsuit accusing the company of illegally tracking the activities of internet users even when ...