Markets
National Flood Insurance Program Wins Yet Another Short-Term Extension
Congress avoided a lapse in the federal flood insurance program when the Senate voted 86-12 on July 31 to extend authorization for the program by four months to Nov. 30. The National Flood Insurance ...
Hackers Refuse to Let Up on Cloud-Based Business Email Accounts: Beazley
Business email accounts faced an increasing amount of cyber attacks in the 2018 second quarter, according to a new report from Beazley. The report is specific to information handled by the specialist ...
Executives On The Move at The Hanover, AGCS and Starr Companies
A former Munich Re executive is joining The Hanover Insurance Group as head of its cyber practice. An ex-AIG exec will take on an overseas leadership role at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty. ...
States Sue to Block Trump Administration Plans Allowing Downloadable 3-D Printed Gun Instructions
A group of Democrat-controlled states said it sued to block the Trump administration from allowing 3-D gun manufacturers to publish instructions on how to make "downloadable" guns. The coalition is ...
Insurers Increasingly Seek Legacy Transfers to Shed Long-Tail Liabilities
Several recent reserve cover deals—including the single-largest reinsurance transaction on record—demonstrate a growing interest on the part of insurers to shed their long-tail liabilities. A ...
Broker Ryan Specialty Group to Acquire Some Assets of Rival ARC Specialty
Ryan Specialty Group disclosed it has agreed to acquire some assets of a rival. Specifically, the Chicago-based broker also known as RSG will buy some assets of ARC Specialty Brokerage, a wholesale ...
The Latest Launches From Chubb and AXIS Capital Holdings
Chubb is partnering with a company to offer a cyber loss mitigation service to certain policyholders in the UK and Ireland. AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. designed to, in part, scout out new technologies ...
Kemper’s Personal Auto Insurance Growth Soars
Kemper Corp. is celebrating a boost in net income for the second quarter thanks to "significant growth" in its personal automobile division, a few weeks after closing its recent $1.3 billion ...