Personal Lines
Travelers Q2 Produces Income Gains and Investment Declines
The Travelers Companies enjoyed soaring net income during its 2015 second quarter, thanks, in part to lower catastrophe losses and share repurchases. But net written premiums stayed flat, and ...
Travelers CEO Fishman Briefly Had His Eyes on Chubb
Travelers Chairman and CEO Jay Fishman disclosed that the property/casualty insurance giant briefly considered a possible merger deal with Chubb. The idea was discarded, he said, after the ...
Seven Companies Join Ward’s Annual Top 50 P/C Ranking for 2015
There are only three companies that have made it onto an annual list of 50 top property/casualty insurance performers for 25 straight years, according to the list's publisher, Ward Group. Ward ...
Executives On The Move at The Hartford, QBE and More
We have some executive hires and promotions to tell you about at The Hartford, QBE North America, Validus Holdings' Talbot Underwriting, Donegal Group Inc., and Wells Fargo Insurance: *** The ...
Wells Fargo Wins Predatory Lending Lawsuit Dismissal in L.A.
Wells Fargo & Co on Friday won the dismissal of a lawsuit by Los Angeles that accused the largest U.S. mortgage lender of violating the federal Fair Housing Act by engaging in predatory lending ...
New Madrid Earthquake Sequence Could Cost Insurers $150B: Swiss Re
A series of earthquakes similar to the New Madrid quakes of 1811/1812 could cost the insurance industry more than $150 billion, making it the costliest natural disaster to date, according to a new ...
Google Driverless Car Hit from Behind, Again
A Google driverless car was involved in the fleet's first collision to result in injury. One of Google's vehicles braked during a green light because of congestion, and the car behind hit it at 17 ...
Verisk Insurance Solutions Launches Device Reputation Service
Verisk Insurance Solutions, a source of information about property/casualty insurance risk, and Portland, Ore.-based iovation announced the launch of the Verisk Device Reputation Service, a tool to ...