Personal Lines
Why Some Consumers Prefer Their Brands as Servants, Not Partners
Marketers have long known that consumers react in a favorable way when products and services are given human attributes, or anthropomorphized, in their branding and advertising. Think of the Michelin ...
P2P Insurance Startup Lemonade Attracts Sagalow, Other AIG, ACE Vets to Exec Roster
An instech startup looking to disrupt the property/casualty insurance industry with a new business model has turned to four seasoned insurance executives from traditional carriers AIG and ACE ...
Drone Registrations Top 180,000 in First 2 Weeks
One of the most important players in the booming drone industry isn't a hardware manufacturer; it's the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. So attendees at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) last ...
Autonomous Drive From L.A. to New York Just Two Years Away: Musk
Tesla Motors Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said within two years a customer would be able to summon an electric car to drive autonomously from Los Angeles to New York. "I might be slightly ...
At No. 2, AXA Is Highest with P/C Operations on A.M. Best Global Insurer Ranking
Coming in at No. 2, French company AXA S.A. is the highest ranking insurer with property/casualty operations on A.M. Best's new roundup of the top global insurers by net premiums written. Half the ...
A.M. Best Maintains Negative Outlook For U.S. P/C Commercial Lines
Rating agency A.M. Best said it is maintaining its negative outlook on the commercial lines segment of the U.S. property/casualty (P/C) industry, despite relatively solid aggregate results over the ...
Texas Tornadoes Led to Bulk of Dec. U.S. Insured Storm Losses: Aon Benfield
The last 10 days of 2015 turned out to be brutal in terms of weather, contributing to at least $2 billion in insured losses for the month of December, according to Aon Benfield's Impact Forecasting. ...
AIG CEO Peter Hancock Will Outline His Vision on Jan. 26
American International Group Inc., the insurer that has rebuffed activist investor Carl Icahn's push to divide into three companies, set a Jan. 26 presentation to outline Chief Executive Officer ...