Reinsurance
Arch Rebrands New Purchase Watford Re as Somers Re, Implements New Reinsurance Strategy
Arch Capital Group Ltd., alongside private equity partners Warburg Pincus and Kelso & Co., announced that Watford Holdings Ltd. and Watford Re Ltd. have been renamed Somers Group Holdings Ltd. ...
Insurers May Face Climate Stress Tests by 2023: EU Regulator
Insurers could face European climate stress tests as soon as 2023, the head of the EU's insurance regulator said at the Reuters Future of Insurance Europe conference on Thursday. The insurance ...
Executives On The Move at Liberty Mutual, At-Bay and Vantage Group Holdings
Liberty Mutual appointed one of its veteran executives to lead the E&S Primary Casualty business of its Ironshore unit. At-Bay hired an Argo Group and AXIS veteran executive as its new National ...
Insurers, Banks, Investors Worth a Combined $130 Trillion Pledge to Prioritize Limiting Climate Change
Banks, insurers and investors with around $130 trillion or 40% of the world's capital at their disposal pledged on Wednesday to put limiting climate change at the center of their work. An ...
Zurich North America Seeking Startup Applications for Third Annual Innovation Championship
Zurich North America is inviting InsurTech startups to apply for the third annual Zurich Innovation Championship. Registration via www.zurich.com/zicis open through Dec. 23, 2021. Zurich will select ...
Insurers Increasingly Relying on Non-Traditional Investment Assets to Increase Yield
Insurers are increasingly turning toward non-traditional assets to increase their yield, according to Clearwater Analytics' annual Insurance Investment Survey Report. "The search for yield amid low ...
InsurTech Lessons From ITC: Take the Stock App Off Your Phone
Alex Timm, the chief executive officer of Root, has some advice for InsurTechs that go to the public markets: "You cannot let the stock price or Wall Street tell you what your value is." When ...
ITC Reporter’s Notebook: How Next, Root and Swiss Re Are ‘Adapting’ and Innovating
Over the course of the last six years, Next Insurance has adapted its business model, its distribution method, and its product offerings. Coming up next, the InsurTech aims to offer "adaptive ...