Personal Lines
Lemonade Wins Right to Use Signature Pink in France
Lemonade said it has won one battle in its ongoing fight to use its signature pink in the European Union. The digital insurer said it came out on top in a key ruling against Deutsche Telekom ...
Lloyd’s Takes Step to End Insurance and Investments in Coal
The Lloyd's market is moving to end its insurance of coal and oil sands businesses while at the same time ceasing investments in such carbon-producing assets by Jan. 1, 2022. As part of its plan to ...
High-End Home Insurance MGA Openly Secures $40M VC Round for National Expansion
Openly, an InsurTech MGA focused on high-end homeowners insurance, raised a $40 million round of venture capital from multiple investors. The new investment will fuel a national expansion, hiring and ...
EU Regulator Seeks More Hands-On Approach to Insurer Capital
The European Union's capital rules for insurers need changing to reflect low interest rates and provide stronger intervention powers like banning dividends to preserve solvency during market shocks, ...
Insurance M&A Rebounds, With Trend Continuing Into 2021: PwC
Insurance M&A deals rebounded from COVID-19 challenges in the second half of 2020. The trend should continue well into 2021 as companies unload non-core assets and purse cost-effective ...
Generali Embraces the Cloud in Accenture Joint Venture
Generali Group formed a joint venture with technology consultancy Accenture that's designed to accelerate its migration to the cloud in an ongoing innovation and digitization plan. Generali said it ...
2020 Is Among the Insurance Industry’s Most Costly Years: Swiss Re
Insurance industry losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters across the globe amounted to $83 billion in 2020, making it the fifth-costliest year for the industry since 1970, according ...
APCIA 2021 Lobbying Priorities: Pandemic, Social Inflation, Disaster Mitigation and More
Despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, insurance industry lobbyists such as Nat Wienecke of the American Property Casualty Insurance Association have continued to do their jobs. Like most of us, ...