Personal Lines
Liberty Mutual’s Kelley, Who Led Ironshore to Its Acquisition, Plans to Retire
Liberty Mutual executive and former Ironshore CEO Kevin Kelley plans to retire at the end of 2019, the company disclosed on Nov. 21. Kelley, currently Liberty Mutual's vice chairman for Global Risk ...
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Reorganization Plan Leaves A.M. Best Rating Unchanged
The financial and credit ratings of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. (MSI) remain unchanged following an announcement by its parent company, MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings (MS&AD), that it plans ...
A Corpse Adds to Old Mutual’s Ongoing Problems
Old Mutual Ltd. is in the spotlight again for all the wrong reasons. The 174-year-old insurer was forced to apologize after a grieving family brought a corpse to one of its branches so the company ...
Hippo Makes an Acquisition Intended to Strengthen Its Home Insurance Services
Hippo Insurance has acquired an early-stage startup designed to beef up its digital home insurance services for clients. The InsurTech startup and managing general agent said it snatched up Sheltr, a ...
The Latest Launches From AXA XL, Bold Penguin/CNA and W.R. Berkley
AXA XL launched a six-week program designed to enable client risk managers to develop new products and services for complex risks. CNA is now officially part of a new commercial insurance platform ...
Another Business Interruption: Mass California Power Outages Return
Power supply to about 150,000 California homes and businesses is expected to be shut off on Wednesday, in the latest precautionary outage planned by utility giant PG&E against wildfire risks ...
The Risky Business of Insuring Shared Households
An estimated 79 million adults, or 32% of the adult population, lived in a shared household in 2017. This uptick in shared household living comes in many different types. According to recent Census ...
Claims Handling Errors Are Often the Source of Insurer Market Conduct Troubles
Mistakes by claims professionals were the most common reason for enforcement actions taken against U.S. property and casualty insurers in 2018, taking the No. 1 and No. 2 spot on a top ten list ...