Personal Lines
Allstate Plans to Retire Struggling Esurance Brand as Part of Broader Overhaul
Allstate plans to phase out its struggling Esurance brand as part of a broader overhaul in how the company does business, the Illinois-based insurer disclosed on Dec. 19. Executives are framing the ...
AIG’s Zaffino Adds ‘President’ to His C-Level Titles
American International Group awarded Peter Zaffino a promotion, making him president of the insurance giant. Zaffino takes on the new role as of Jan. 1, 2020, though he'll still serve as Global Chief ...
Safeway Insurance Group Earns A.M. Best Ratings Outlook Upgrade
Safeway Insurance Group gained a ratings outlook upgrade from A.M. Best, thanks to solid rate increases and a number of strategic initiatives the ratings agency views as positive developments. A.M. ...
Peacock Replacing Parker as USAA CEO
USAA announced on Tuesday that is board of directors has elected Wayne Peacock to serve as USAA's next President and CEO, effective Feb. 1, 2020. Peacock will succeed Stuart Parker who is retiring ...
Robust Personal Auto Insurance Market Will Slow in 2020: Fitch Prediction
Don't expect the U.S. personal auto insurance market to continue in 2020 with the strong results seen in 2018 and likely for 2019, Fitch Ratings said in a new report. Fitch said that "shifting market ...
TRIA, NFIP Win Renewals in Government Spending Bill
Congress is planning to use a $1.4 trillion package of two must-pass spending bills to repeal Obamacare taxes, raise the age for tobacco purchases to 21 and extend the U.S. Export-Import Bank for ...
Sydney’s Wildfire Smoke Declared a ‘Public Health Emergency’
The smoke blanketing Sydney is a "public health emergency," according to a coalition of Australian doctors and researchers who say climate change has helped fuel the wildfires that have produced ...
British Regulator Explores Data Sharing Expansion Into Insurance, Other Industries
Britain's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is investigating whether sharing data with outside competitors could be extended beyond banks to savings, insurance, mortgages, investments, pensions and ...