Personal Lines
Insurers May Slash Allocations for Hedge Fund Investments After Dismal Pandemic Performance
Having complained for years about hedge funds' high fees and lackluster performance, insurance firms may be preparing to cut allocations to the sector after its poor performance during recent market ...
The Latest Launches From West Point Insurance Services, Axon and AAIS
West Point Insurance Services debuted a testing and automation service designed for smaller insurance carriers, managing general agents and program administrators. Axon Underwriting Services added ...
P/C Mutual Insurers Improved Results in 2019 Despite Heavy Competition
Despite a highly competitive property/casualty insurance industry and pressures on operating performance, U.S. mutual insurance companies reported continued improvement in underwriting performance in ...
EasySend Raises $16M for ‘No Code’ Digitization Platform
InsurTech EasySend has raised $16 million, and the startup will use the money to fuel a global expansion of its AI-based platform designed to help insurers and others digitize their processes without ...
Catastrophe Losses Driven Higher by Secondary Perils – And Climate Change
Secondary perils, exacerbated by climate change, are driving catastrophe insurance losses, warn a growing chorus of reinsurers and brokers. Indeed, broker Aon reveals that more than 60% of 2020's ...
Independent Brokers Will Remain Competitive by Adding Value to the Insurance Transaction
The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the need for brokers to add value to the insurance transaction, according to Toby Esser, chairman of AFL Insurance Brokers, a London-based independent broker. ...
MetLife Looking to Sell P/C Auto and Home Biz: KBW
MetLife is pursuing a sale of its property/casualty auto and home insurance business, according to a report by analysts following the company Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW) analysts, Ryan Krueger ...
U.S. Auto Combined Ratios Will See Sharp Improvement in 2020: Report
In a report, S&P Global Market Intelligence is projecting that U.S. personal and commercial auto insurers will see a sharp improvement in their full-year combined ratios for 2020, followed by ...