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Two InsurTechs Chosen to Represent North America in Zurich Innovation World Championship
Zurich North America chose two InsurTech companies to represent North America in its first-ever Zurich Innovation World Championship. Chisel, based in Toronto, is an AI-based provider of products and ...
The Latest Launches From Swiss Re and AXA XL
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions said it is debuting parametric water-level insurance. AXA XL Risk Consulting disclosed it is using artificial intelligence (AI) to boost its property risk engineering ...
Most Commercial Lines Saw Q4 Rate Hikes; Workers Comp, Not So Much
Most commercial insurance lines experienced rate increases for the 2018 fourth quarter, with workers compensation continuing to serve as a notable exception, according to the latest IVANS index ...
An El Niño Seems Likely to Emerge This Spring
There is a 65 percent chance of an El Niño weather pattern emerging during the northern hemisphere spring this year, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday. "However, given the timing ...
EU Seeks to Give Insurance, Other Finance Regulators More Post-Brexit Powers
The European Union moved a step closer on Thursday to beefing up its regulators to increase safeguards for consumers and create an EU capital market that reduces the bloc's reliance on Britain's ...
Fiat Chrysler Reportedly Settling Massive Diesel Emissions Civil Suit
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV will pay hundreds of millions of dollars to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Justice Department, which alleged some of its diesel-powered vehicles violated clean-air ...
Trump to California: Change Forest Management Practices or Lose Wildfire Aid
President Donald Trump, who has blamed California's forest management for last year's disastrous fires, threatened to halt the Federal Emergency Management Agency's assistance to victims unless that ...
Liberty Mutual Once Again Taps Capital Markets’ Reinsurance Capacity
Liberty Mutual has once again directly tapped capital markets' reinsurance capacity via the Bermuda collateralized reinsurance sidecar, Limestone Re Ltd. Limestone Re provides approximately $150 ...