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AIG’s Blackboard Insurance Gains Virginia Approval for Commercial Insurance Cover
Blackboard Insurance disclosed it has gained approval of its commercial insurance package in Virginia, bringing its reach to 47 states and territories to date. The news represents a milestone for the ...
Progressive Plans to Hire Up to 8,000 Additional Employees in 2020
Progressive said it plans to hire as many as 8,000 new employees nationally in 2020 to help propel continued growth in auto, property, commercial lines and recreational products insurance. Hiring ...
Arch Capital Acquires Minority Stake in Trade Credit Insurer Coface
Arch Capital Group Ltd. has purchased a minority stake in Coface, a trade credit insurer based in France. The transaction involves the acquisition of a 29.5 percent stake. Arch will pay €10.70 per ...
Wells Fargo Will Fork Over $3B to Settle Consumer Abuse Allegations
Wells Fargo & Co. will pay $3 billion to settle U.S. investigations into more than a decade of widespread consumer abuses under a deal that lets the scandal-ridden bank avoid criminal charges. ...
Nationwide Teaming Up With Toyota on New Insurance Program
Nationwide is teaming up with Toyota Insurance Management Solutions (TIMS), Toyota's exclusive independent insurance agency for North America, to launch TIMS BrightDrive, a Toyota insurance ...
Q&A With Metromile CEO Dan Preston: On Culture, IPO, Loss Ratios and More
The chief executive officer of Metromile, Dan Preston, recently spoke with Carrier Management about Metromile's software as a service business (Metromile Enterprise), broadening Metromile's insurance ...
Dearly Departed InsurTechs: Expect Their Numbers to Rise
For every Lemonade and Root that launches with great fanfare, attracts hundreds of millions of dollars in venture funding and publicizes every facet of its growth, there are many InsurTechs that ...
Andersen Named Aon President as Former Co-Leader O’Connor Exits
Aon plc named Eric Andersen as president of Aon, reporting to Greg Case, the firm's CEO. Since May 2018, Andersen and Michael O'Connor had served as Aon co-presidents. Aon said O'Connor is departing ...