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Markel Combines Two Divisions to Create Enhanced Specialty Unit
Markel is combining its Markel Specialty and Markel Assurance divisions into one division called Markel Specialty, which launches on April 1. The new division will preserve the company's current ...
Unqork, a No-Code InsurTech Software Startup, Raises Major Financing Round
Unqork has raised $51 million in new financing, money it plans to use to fuel additional growth and expansion for its no-code application platform that helps large businesses rapidly build complex ...
The Latest Launches From Liberty Mutual and At-Bay
Liberty Mutual Insurance is teaming with Ford to bring usage-based insurance to connected vehicles. At-Bay is touting the launch of what it claims is the first automatically underwritten tech E&O ...
VW Reaches $900M Settlement With German Consumer Group Over Diesel Scandal
Volkswagen and a major German consumer group said on Friday that they had reached an 830 million euro ($902.04 million) agreement in a class action lawsuit over the carmaker's rigging of diesel ...
Insurers Risk Significant Losses if Coronavirus Prompts Olympics Cancellation
Global insurers face a hefty bill if the coronavirus forces the cancellation of the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, with estimates of the cost of insuring the sporting showpiece running into billions of ...
Microplastics in the Food Chain, and Other CM Risk Alerts
Microplastics are making their way into our food, drinking water and even the air. Robot managers are optimizing the autonomy out of many jobs and leaving employees stressed out and injured. Many job ...
Executives On The Move at AIG, BHSI and Marsh
AIG hired a former Lloyd's executive to lead its International General Insurance unit. Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance made two executive appointments in Spain. Marsh promoted an executive to ...
Anthemis Raises $90M Venture Capital Fund for InsurTech Investments
Financial services venture capital firm Anthemis has raised $90 million for a new fund that will invest in fast-growing insurance technology startups, the company said on Thursday. Investors in the ...