Personal Lines
27 Carriers in Play With $1.3B FEMA Flood Program Reinsurance Renewal
The Federal Emergency Management Agency reported its 2020 traditional reinsurance placement for the National Flood Insurance Program, a transaction in which 27 private reinsurers assumed $1.33 ...
Tokio Marine Commits $374M for Insurance Joint Venture With Brazil’s Caixa Bank
Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. said it will pay $374 million to form a joint venture to sell mortgage and homeowners insurance for Caixa Econômica Federal, the Brazilian state-owned bank. Caixa's ...
Good Leaders Listen, Giving Employees Plenty of Time to Answer Questions
Executives succeed, in part, by being good listeners, hearing their employees' concerns and questions, and responding in kind. The Random Acts of Leadership blog suggests leaders can improve this ...XILO Raises Seed Funding, Hoping to Help Agents Compete With Lemonade
XILO, a San Diego-based InsurTech, announced at the end of 2020 that it has raised just over $2 million in seed financing to fuel development of an SaaS platform for insurance agents. In an indirect ...
MGA Clearcover Pulls in $50M Financing, With Designs on Becoming Full-Stack Carrier
Clearcover, a managing general agent whose artificial intelligence-driven platform focuses on auto insurance, has raised $50 million in new financing. The money is designed to accelerate further ...
California Proposes Reform on How Insurers Offer Group Discounts
The California Department of Insurance is proposing to reform how insurers offer group discounts based on occupation, education, and other factors, contending some the insurers' programs discriminate ...
AP Feature: 2019 Problems With PG&E Not the First
The state senators grilling the CEO of Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. were upset—like millions of other Californians, some spent days in the dark when the nation's largest utility shut off power ...
Berkshire Names Investment Manager Combs GEICO CEO; Roberts Retiring
After just about a year-and-a-half in the role of chief executive officer, Bill Roberts is retiring at GEICO's president and CEO, to be succeeded by Todd Combs, one of Berkshire Hathaway's investment ...