Personal Lines
Electric Vehicle, Lithium Ion Battery Fires Put 1st Responders at Risk: NTSB
Electric vehicle fires pose safety risks to first responders and guidelines from manufacturers about how to deal with them have been inadequate, according to U.S. investigators. There are also gaps ...
Climate Change to Blame for One-Third of U.S. Flood Losses Over Past Three Decades
Climate change is to blame for more than one-third of U.S. flood losses over the past three decades, according to a new study from Stanford University researchers. The study, published in the journal ...
Lemonade Plans to Sell 3 Million Shares in Secondary Offering
Digital insurer Lemonade has announced plans to sell 3 million shares of common stock to raise money for "general corporate purposes." The New York-based InsurTech could raise as much as $808 ...
Chubb, Liberty Mutual, Travelers Put Political Donations On Hold
Major U.S. insurers on Wednesday decided to suspend contributions to political campaigns for the next few months, following last week's violence at the U.S. Capitol and challenge to President-elect ...
ReSource Pro Grabs Insurance Consulting Firms Strategy Meets Action, The Nolan Company
ReSource Pro said it has acquired two strategic advisory and management consulting firms focused on property/casualty insurance: Strategy Meets Action and The Nolan Company. ReSource Pro, an ...
Online Selling Platform Apollo Insurance Solutions Pulls in a $13.5M Financing Round
Apollo Insurance Solutions Ltd., a Toronto-based online insurance platform, said it has closed an oversubscribed $13.5 million Series A financing round. The funding exceeded its original $4 million ...
Norwegian Landslide Will Cost Insurers $107M
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – A landslide that swept away homes in a residential area north of the Norwegian capital will cost insurance companies at least 900 million kroner ($107 million), a ...
2020 Temperatures Rounded Off Hottest Decade, Hit Record
Last year tied with 2016 as the world's warmest on record, rounding off the hottest decade globally as the impacts of climate change intensified, the European Union's Earth observation service said ...