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Introducing Skyward Specialty (Formerly Known as HIIG)
Houston International Insurance Group's new CEO Andrew Robinson has taking a big step: Changing the company's name. Going forward, HIIG is now Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, or Skyward Specialty ...
2020’s Most Powerful Atlantic Hurricane Strikes Central America
Hurricane Iota slammed into Central America late Monday with ferocious winds and rain, threatening to cripple a region already reeling from a deadly storm two weeks ago. Iota, the most powerful ...
Businesses Rank Cybersecurity as Top Worry in Risky Age: Marsh & McLennan CEO
Cybersecurity has emerged as the most pressing exposure for business confronting a new "age of risk," topping the coronavirus pandemic and climate change, in part because cybercrime is so pervasive, ...
Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Bets on Big Pharma
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc said on Monday it has begun investing in the stocks of four large drugmakers, betting on an industry that could benefit when the world begins emerging from the ...
Zywave Snatches Up Advisen in Move to Accelerate Global Growth
Insurance technology company Zywave snatched up Advisen, a global insurance data provider, in a deal expected to fuel more rapid international growth. The acquisition includes WCL, a UK-based Advisen ...
U.S. Insurers Made Slow Diversity Gains Over Last Decade: S&P Global
Diversity in the U.S. insurance industry has made only modest gains over the last 10 years, according to government data compiled by S&P Global Market Intelligence. S&P found that the ...
The Latest Launches From The Hanover and AXA XL
The Hanover Insurance Group and Carpe Data are expanding a claims processing partnership. AXA XL's North America Construction arm formed a strategic partnership with Safe Drive Systems, a developer ...
III CEO Kevelighan: The Institutes Affilliation Brings Group Into 21st Century
Affiliating with The Institutes provides an opportunity for the industry's Insurance Information Institute (III) to become more of a 21st Century trade association, rather than one suited for the ...