Specialty
USAA Dives Into Small Business Insurance Market
USAA will start writing its own small business insurance policies for the first time. Initial coverage in the space will be available immediately in five states – Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, South ...
Industry Underestimating COVID Biz Interruption Losses: RenRe CEO
During an upbeat earnings call focused on how RenaissanceRe is using $1 billion of capital it raised last year in 2021, the CEO highlighted one negative development for the industry ...
Farmers Insurance, Munich Re Make Home Technology Startup Investments
Farmers Insurance has become an equity investor in a fintech company focused on helping make a home rental easier and more affordable. Munich Re invested in a smart home startup whose electrical ...
American Financial Group Nets $3.5B Cash In Annuity Biz Sale to MassMutual
American Financial Group announced that it is selling its annuity business to Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company in a $3.5 billion cash deal that primes the seller for growth in its ...
W.R. Berkley Reports Record Q4 Net Income
W.R. Berkley Corp. generated record net income in its 2020 fourth-quarter and a healthy combined ratio, results that company attributed to rate hikes, bigger investment returns and ongoing ...
A Canceled Olympics Would Slap Insurers With Historic Loss
Insurers are facing a $2-3 billion loss if the Tokyo Olympics are canceled this year, amounting to the largest ever claim in the global event cancellation market, brokers say. With less than six ...
European Researchers See AI as Building Better Weather Data
European scientists who feed critical climate data to industry and researchers said that their next great breakthrough in weather forecasting will be powered by artificial intelligence. The European ...
Specialty E&S Insurer Upland Capital Makes Its Debut
Upland Capital Group has become the latest specialty insurance business in the marketplace. The Dallas-based operation plans to offer a diversified portfolio of excess and surplus lines casualty, ...