Personal Lines
Executives On The Move at Liberty Mutual, BHSI and AXIS Capital Holdings
A former executive with The Hartford is joining Liberty Mutual in a leadership role. Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance appointed a new executive to lead its Medical Stop Loss business. AXIS ...
Hurricane Season Could Create More Stress for Pandemic-Hit Insurers
The official start of the Atlantic hurricane season on Monday could signal more steep losses for insurers and reinsurers, already battered by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on their ...
Hiscox, RSA, Other Carriers Will Join UK Pandemic Cover Test Case
Insurers including Hiscox , RSA and QBE will take part in a UK test case to decide whether their policies should pay out millions of pounds to companies hit by the coronavirus pandemic, the industry ...
Cities Find Greener Approaches To Tackle Storm Floods
For more than a century, New Orleans has depended on canals and pumps to get rid of stormwater in a city where about half the land is below sea level. Now the bustling Mississippi River port that ...
Hurricanes and Coronavirus ‘Not a Good Mix,’ KCC Warns
"Hurricanes and COVID-19 are not a good mix," says catastrophe modeling firm Karen Clark & Co. in a new Event Brief, warning that the pandemic will make what forecasters already predict to be an ...
The Latest Launches From Starr, Travelers and Root
Starr has launched a new usage-based general aviation product. Travelers is offering risk management resources to help businesses safely reopen amid the pandemic. Root Insurance has joined forces ...
Driving Hasn’t Found Its New Normal Yet: Opinion
Memorial Day weekend, the typical start of the U.S. summer driving season, has come and gone. Data on just how much driving Americans did is trickling in, and it's a bit noisy. Apple mobility trends ...
Not All Homes in Wildfire Zones Are Uninsurable; Zesty.ai Refines Scoring Model
Fire risk scores now used by insurance underwriters can sometimes make it challenging for homeowners to find coverage. Zesty.ai, a California InsurTech startup, is among a handful of firms working to ...