Personal Lines
Millennials Prefer Online Shopping, Hate ‘Being Sold to’: Novarica Report
Carriers looking to attract millennial consumers need to make it easy to research and shop online, according to a new report, which found that 75 percent of respondents prefer shopping online rather ...
AXA Restructuring: Execs May Slash 600 Insurance Jobs in Belgium
Axa SA is considering cutting 650 jobs in Belgium over the next two years, as Europe's second-largest insurer overhauls its range of products sold in the country. Axa Belgium has presented the plan ...
Flash Estimate: Hermine Insurance Losses Likely $0.5B
Offering the first damage estimates to insurance editors for Hurricane Hermine on Friday afternoon, Karen Clark & Company (KCC) released a statement projecting insured losses approaching $500 ...
H1 Catastrophe Losses Are High, and Texas Endured Many of Them
Weather catastrophe activity slammed into 39 states during the 2016 first half. But in a six-month period where insured losses rose well above typical levels, Texas was by far the worst hit, ...
‘Manageable’ Losses Predicted From Hurricane Hermine
Hurricane Hermine, which is poised to land in Florida Friday, may result in "manageable" losses for the insurance industry, according to Keefe Bruyette & Woods analyst Meyer Shields. The storm is ...
Now Australia Is Suing Volkswagen Over Alleged Emissions Fraud
The Australian consumer watchdog on Thursday said it had sued the Australian arm of world No. 2 carmaker Volkswagen AG for intentionally selling more than 57,000 vehicles with software which lied ...
Did Your Hometown Make Allstate’s List of Safest-Driving Cities?
Americans are driving more miles and having more accidents, making safety a growing concern. With that in mind, Allstate ranked the safest-driving large cities in the U.S., with Brownsville, Texas, ...
Typhoon Lionrock Makes Landfall at Notorious Japanese Location
Typhoon Lionrock made landfall in Japan the evening of Aug. 30, carrying the intensity of a Category 1 hurricane. It hit the same area where a massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011 caused death and ...