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InsurTech MGA Clearcover Pulls in $43M Series B; American Family Among Investors
American Family Insurance joined onto a new $43 million financing round for Clearcover, a managing general agent with an artificial intelligence-driven platform focused on car insurance. The Chicaco, ...
2018 Catastrophe Losses Faced 60 Percent Protection Gap: Aon
Economic costs of 2018's 394 natural catastrophe events came to $225 billion with insurance covering $90 billion of the overall total. The results reflect the fourth costliest year on record of ...
Travelers Combined Ratio Ticks Higher; Q4 Profit Exceeds Estimates
Insurer Travelers Cos Inc reported a better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday, as growth in premiums and investment income offset catastrophe losses related to the California wildfires. ...
Private Flood Insurers Not Yet Ready to Fill Massive U.S. Protection Gap
The flood insurance protection gap in the United States is massive, but the take-up rate of private flood insurance continues to be low. The relative inability of private insurers to penetrate the ...
Hurricane Florence Demonstrates Perils of Being Underinsured/ Uninsured, Says RMS
Hurricane Florence caused extensive freshwater flood damage in the Carolinas and parts of Virginia in September—and about 70 percent of those flood losses will be uninsured, according to RMS. "The ...
Two Markel CATCo Execs Depart After Discovery of ‘Undisclosed Personal Relationship’
Markel Corp. said two executives from one of its divisions have departed after an ongoing internal review discovered an "undisclosed personal relationship" between them that violated company ...
Chubb Estimates $585M in Q4 Pretax Cat Losses
Chubb disclosed an estimated $585 million in net catastrophe pretax losses for the 2018 fourth quarter, stemming mostly from storms and wildfires. After tax, those catastrophe losses totaled $505 ...
UK PM May Targets EU Concessions in Push to Break Brexit Deadlock
British Prime Minister Theresa May will try to break the deadlock over her Brexit plans on Monday by setting out proposals in parliament that are expected to focus on winning more concessions from ...