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CNA Joins Global Business Diversity Initiative
CNA has become the latest property/casualty insurer to join a multi-industry CEO initiative focused on making businesses more diverse and inclusive. Dino Robusto, CNA's chairman and chief executive ...
The Latest Launches From Progressive and AIR Worldwide
Progressive has made available an online platform that lets homeowners quickly compare home insurance quotes from multiple carriers in a short amount of time. AIR Worldwide released what it bills as ...
Successful Innovation Happens When Old, Newer Players Collaborate
With all the pressure that insurers and other companies face now to innovate, it turns out that going it alone may be an outdated practice. Collaborations between new and veteran players are more ...
Climate Shift Leaves UK Bracing for Record Wet Winters, Flooding
Britain faces a future of record-breaking wet winters, potentially leading to more of the widespread flooding seen in recent years, according to new modeling that incorporates changing climate ...
U.S. Insurance Results Will Largely be Shaped by Hail, Pummeled Cars
A hailstorm that pounded down on a Subaru dealership in Plano, Texas, barely lasted 30 minutes, but left behind a trail of smashed windows, dented hoods and millions of dollars' worth of claims for ...
Executives On The Move at GEICO, Great American, Ironshore and Markel
Great American Insurance Group hired three new executives for its Singapore branch. GEICO promoted two executives in its general council and claims divisions. Markel International named a new ...
Q2 InsurTech Funding Hovers Close to $1B as Demand Grows Unabated
InsurTech funding volume hovered close to $1 billion in the 2017 second quarter, a result nearly 150 percent larger than the same period a year ago, according to a quarterly report on the sector from ...
Heavy California Rains Ironically Set Stage for Robust Fire Season
Forest fires are picking up once again in California. The cause this time: rain and snow. Really, rain and snow? OK, perhaps not exclusively, but yes, as counterintuitive as it would seem, the weeks ...