Reinsurance
V2V Driverless Technology Regulations Stall Under Trump
The technology that gives cars superpowers to see around corners and through walls won't be on the first self-driving rides hitting the road in the next few years. Vehicle-to-vehicle communication ...
Over Half of Allstate $553M August Hurricane Harvey Losses Were Auto Claims
Hurricane Harvey slammed The Allstate Corp. with an estimated $553 million in catastrophe losses in August, the insurer said. More than half related to auto claims. The pre-tax gross estimate is a ...
Irma Insured Losses Will Hit Between $35B-$55B: RMS Estimate
Hurricane Irma likely caused between $35 billion and $55 billion in insured losses in the U.S. and the Caribbean combined, according to the latest estimate from catastrophe modeler RMS. Broken down, ...
Global Reinsurers Likely Exposed to Catastrophic Mexico City Quake: Morgan Stanley
Global reinsurers will likely face exposures from a massive magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Mexico City on Sept. 19, Morgan Stanley said in a new research note. This earthquake led to dozens of ...
EU Officials Don’t See UK PM May Breaking Brexit Negotiation Deadlock
European Union officials aren't holding out much hope that U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May will next week break the deadlock in the Brexit negotiations. A week before May delivers a speech in ...
Executives On The Move at Liberty Mutual, Allianz and Arch Capital Group
Liberty Mutual Insurance hired a veteran Travelers executive in a leadership role. Allianz promoted two executives in Germany and Italy. Arch Capital Group promoted three executives to fill various ...
Harvey, Irma-Ravaged Farms May Miss Out on U.S. Govt. Crop Insurance Cover
In the U.S, government-backed insurance plans help compensate farmers for losses after natural disasters. Unfortunately for the produce growers that were ravaged by recent hurricanes, a lot of the ...
Hundreds Dead After Mexico Quake; Survivor Search Begins
Mexican search and rescue teams worked through the night after an earthquake rocked one of the world's largest urban centers, killing hundreds and reducing buildings to rubble. Military police, ...