Personal Lines
New York, San Fran Legal Fights Test Airbnb Business Model
Airbnb, the online lodging service that investors now believe is worth $30 billion, faces a reckoning. In eight years of torrid growth, the company has often clashed with local public officials ...
Will Big Data, Social Networking Scores Remove Risk-Sharing From Insurance?
When people take to Twitter to comment on the great evening they enjoyed with good food and wonderful friends, reducing their monthly insurance bill is probably the last thing on their mind. But such ...
Executives On The Move at Erie Insurance, CNA and Everest Re
Both CNA and Erie Insurance made a number of new executive appointments. Everest Re hired a former QBE executive as head of Professional Liability. *** Erie Insurance made a number of new executive ...
RMS Hurricane Matthew Insured Loss Estimate: $5B in U.S., $3B for Caribbean
Hurricane Matthew-related insured losses are still being tallied, but RMS said that the number will reach as high as $5 billion in the U.S. and $3 billon in the Caribbean. The catastrophe modeling ...
EverQuote, a Rising Insurance Matchmaker, Raises $23M Series B
Digital insurance matchmaker EverQuote Inc. reports that it closed a $23 million Series B investment led by Maryland-based Savano Capital Partners, with participation from Stratim Capital, Oceanic ...
Allstate Launches New Hispanic Ad Campaign
Allstate Insurance Co. has launched a new Hispanic advertising campaign, "Estar en buenas manos nos da más," leveraging international reggaeton singer-songwriter Daddy Yankee. The campaign is the ...
Allstate Drones Continue Assessing Hurricane Matthew Claims in Ga., S.C.
Allstate will continue using drones in parts of Georgia and South Carolina to assess Hurricane Matthew-related roof and home damage claims. The drones will be used in Savannah, Ga., and several South ...
Travelers Profit Drops by 23 Percent; Auto Injury, Weather-Related Losses to Blame
Travelers Cos., the sole property/casualty insurer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, posted its fourth-straight profit decline as weather-related costs climbed and investment income slipped. ...