Personal Lines
Taiwan Hammered by Third Typhoon in Two Weeks
Typhoon Megi lashed Taiwan with wind and rain on Tuesday, bringing 20-foot-high waves and knocking pedestrians off their feet in Taipei. More than 280,000 households lost electricity, state-owned ...
Cyber Breach Costs Aren’t Significant Enough to Spur Big Security Investment in Computer Security
The cost of a typical cyber breach to an American company is much less than has been generally estimated, providing one possible explanation for why companies do not invest more to improve computer ...
Britain’s Financial Sector Optimism Plunges in Wake of Brexit Vote
Optimism about the outlook for Britain's financial services sector is at its lowest point since the financial crisis, a survey of finance firms showed on Monday. The latest survey of 115 financial ...
Small Commercial Market Outpaces Personal Lines Growth For U.S. Mutual Insurers
For U.S. property/casualty mutual insurers, growth in the small commercial market is outpacing personal lines growth, a trend driven by carriers' desire to remain competitive, A.M. Best said in a new ...
Former AIG Exec Farber Joins The Hanover as New CFO
A former AIG executive will join The Hanover Insurance Group as its new chief financial officer, filling a position made vacant nearly a year ago by the death of a long-time executive. Jeffrey Farber ...
Three Google Self-Driving Vehicles Involved in Arizona Crashes
Google says three of its self-driving vehicles were involved in crashes in the Phoenix, Ariz. metro area in August. The California-based company says its drivers were manually controlling the ...
Hartford Reportedly Working With JPMorgan to Unload Annuity Runoff Biz
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. is working with JPMorgan Chase & Co. to see if the insurer can find a buyer for Talcott Resolution, the unit that includes U.S. variable annuities, ...
Self-Driving Car Guidelines Urge Data Sharing to Boost Safety
Competitors locked in a cut-throat race to bring fully self-driving cars to American roads are being asked to share experiences with "edge cases," rare scenarios that pose the most vexing safety ...