Personal Lines
MAPFRE’s Castelo Takes Over as CEO for North America Operations
Spanish insurer MAPFRE Group has a new CEO for its North America arm, eight months after the changing of the guard was first announced. Alfredo Castelo is now president and CEO of MAPFRE U.S.A. Corp. ...
Travelers’ Q4 Profit Jumps Nearly 9 Percent; High Private Equity Returns Helped
Travelers Cos., the only property-casualty insurer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, said fourth-quarter profit jumped 8.9 percent as investment income improved and the company recorded a gain ...
At Least 18 Dead Due to Storm Slamming U.S. South
A dangerous weekend weather system killed at least 18 people in the U.S. South, with Georgia officials reporting more than a dozen deaths on Sunday after severe thunderstorms and tornadoes buffeted ...
Verisk Expands Casualty Analytics Capabilities With UK Acquisition
Verisk Analytics now owns Arium, a British company focused on liability risk modeling and decision support. Neither side disclosed financial terms, but the acquisition is the latest in a series of ...
2017 Forecast: Financial Experts Offer Cautious Optimism for P/C Insurers
Financial experts are expressing cautious optimism for the P/C industry as it heads into 2017, though they say that multiple factors will continue to pose a challenge. Perhaps one of the biggest ...
International Insurance Society Launches Global Certification Program
The International Insurance Society (IIS) has announced the formation of the Global Centers of Insurance Excellence (GCIE), a certification program designed to recognize universities and colleges ...
Many Insurance Execs View Regulation as a Barrier Toward Adopting Digital Tech
Many insurance industry executives see complex regulatory requirements as the biggest barrier toward adopting digital technology, according to a recent Willis Towers Watson survey finding that 42 ...
Tesla Autopilot Function Cleared in Probe of Fatal 2016 Crash
The push to bring self-driving cars to American roads got a significant boost on Thursday when the nation's chief auto safety regulator essentially cleared Tesla Motors Inc.'s Autopilot system of ...