Personal Lines
Ex-Travelers CEO Fishman, Facing ALS, Focuses on Philanthropy
Jay Fishman finds it more comfortable these days to use a wheelchair to get around, and has begun getting some help breathing from a portable ventilator. The former Travelers CEO says he's in "the ...
Women Are Key to Advancing InsurTech Space
Women have a vital role to play in helping to build InsurTech companies. Eva Genzmer, head of corporate communications for Germany's Friendsurance argues as much in a recent company blog posting. ...
Insurance Industry Slams Treasury’s New Auto Insurance Affordability Formula
Federal regulators have adopted a methodology for monitoring the affordability of automobile insurance, capping years of debate and public comments. Property/casualty insurers, however, said the new ...
New Capital Rules Poised to Transform Kenya’s Insurance Industry
A push by Kenyan regulators to clean up the East African country's insurance industry is poised to trigger stake sales or exits by underwriters unable to meet the new capital requirements, according ...
GM Loses U.S. Appeals Court Bid for Ignition-Switch Lawsuit Shield
General Motors' 2009 bankruptcy does not shield it from lawsuits over a deadly ignition-switch defect that led to criminal charges against the automaker and prompted the recall of 2.6 million ...
Q1 Troubles: Catastrophe Losses Knocked Net Income Down 26.6 Percent
Severe weather and the hefty insured losses that followed helped produce a 26.6 percent plunge in U.S. property/casualty insurers' net income during the 2016 first quarter, a new industry study has ...
XL Group, Chubb and More Reveal High Q2 Cat Loss Estimates
Canadian wildfires, European floods, Japan and Ecuador earthquakes and U.S. hailstorms over the spring were dramatic enough at the time. Now, the damage these events left behind are leading a number ...
Pokémon ‘Augmented Reality’ App Game Leading to Liability Risks
Pokémon Go, a location-based "augmented reality" game for smartphones, may be shaping up to be a big insurance/liability challenge. The game launched in July (based on a 1990s children's card ...