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Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Increases Stake in Lloyd’s Insurer Canopius
Canopius Group, the London-based specialty and property/casualty insurer and reinsurer, announced that Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance (SFMI) has entered into an agreement to purchase an ...
U.S. Commercial Lines Prices Up 5.3%, But Still on Downward Trend: WTW CLIPS
U.S. commercial insurance rates went up again in the first quarter 2025, according to the latest findings from WTW's Commercial Lines Insurance Pricing Survey (CLIPS). Carriers reported an aggregate ...
Hyundai, Kia, Toyota, Nissan Models Win 2025 IIHS Vehicle Safety Awards
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's latest round of vehicle safety award winners include six vehicle models from four foreign automakers earning 2025 TOP SAFETY PICK+ awards in the latest ...
ECRA, CMC Pools Have New Runoff Manager: Alan Gray LLC
Alan Gray LLC has been named will perform claim administration, financial coordination, and data management services related to the runoff of two legacy reinsurance portfolios containing long-tail ...
Goldman Sees Autonomous Vehicles Transforming Insurance World
The rise of autonomous vehicles will force a reconfiguration of the $400 billion U.S. auto-insurance industry, as accidents caused by human error decrease and costs are slashed, but questions about ...
Brown & Brown to Acquire Risk Strategies, One80 Parent for Nearly $10B
Brown & Brown Inc. said it has entered into an agreement to buy Accession Risk Management, the parent company of specialty brokerage firm Risk Strategies and wholesaler One80 ...
Auto Insurance Satisfaction Rankings: High LTV Customers Most at Risk
"It's Now a Buyer's Market for Auto Insurance, J.D. Power Finds." That headline on top of an announcement about the release of the J.D. Power 2025 U.S. Auto Insurance Study this week summed up a key ...
Hedge Funds Face California Rebuke Over Role in Wildfire Claims
Hedge funds are facing pushback in California as their bets tied to insurance claims stemming from the Los Angeles wildfires are attacked as unethical. The transactions in focus are tied to so-called ...