Specialty
Executives On The Move at Beazley and PartnerRe
Specialist insurer Beazley has fleshed out its U.S. Executive Risk team with new hires in New York, Boston and San Francisco. PartnerRe Ltd. appointed a new Head of Retrocession along with two new ...
The Latest Launches From West Point Insurance Services, Axon and AAIS
West Point Insurance Services debuted a testing and automation service designed for smaller insurance carriers, managing general agents and program administrators. Axon Underwriting Services added ...
EasySend Raises $16M for ‘No Code’ Digitization Platform
InsurTech EasySend has raised $16 million, and the startup will use the money to fuel a global expansion of its AI-based platform designed to help insurers and others digitize their processes without ...
Travelers Starts Using AI for Ergonomic Assessments
The Travelers Companies said it has started using artificial intelligence to offer business customers virtual and onsite ergonomic assessments. Travelers, which is based in Hartford, Conn., claims to ...
Next Insurance Pursues New Financing Valuing the Startup at $2.25B
Next Insurance is in talks to raise new capital in a round that values the insurance technology startup at about $2.25 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. Alphabet Inc.'s CapitalG ...
Why Product Diversification Into E&S/Specialty Matters: A Q2 Top-Line Analysis
Looking at the second-quarter earnings reports of leading insurers, the argument for product diversification has never been stronger. Results are in from this COVID-impacted quarter, and they ...
Beazley Revamps U.S. Executive Risk Leadership Team
Beazley has restructured its Executive Risk leadership team in the United States. The goal, according to the company: To support greater knowledge sharing and collaboration among the team's global ...
Assessment of Hurricane Sally’s Flood Damage Begins
As an Alabama resident, Toby Wallace has seen his fair share of hurricane damage working for the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency, where he handles flood insurance claims. But that did not ...