Specialty
Australia Bushfires Have Scorched 25.5 Million Acres; PM Proposes Inquiry
After weeks of criticism over the handling of the bushfires scorching Australia, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday he will propose a national review into the response to the disaster, as ...
Executives On The Move at AXIS Insurance and At-Bay
AXIS Capital Holdings' AXIS Insurance made two new executive appointments. A former Hiscox USA executive is joining cyber insurance startup At-Bay as General Counsel and Head of Claims. *** AXIS ...
Insurers, Analysts Worry Australia’s Bushfires Could Surpass 2009’s Costly Season
Australia's bushfire season has months to run and could easily surpass the most costly fire season, 2009's Black Saturday fires in Victoria, which had a price tag of an estimated A$4.4 billion (US$3 ...
Cambridge Mobile Telematics’ New Smartphone Tech Lets Auto Insurers Reconstruct Crashes
Cambridge Mobile Telematics is launching a new product that lets auto insurers use smartphones reconstruct crashes as part of the claims process. The company said its new Claims Studio product line ...
Trump Approves Emergency Declaration for Puerto Rico After Quake
President Donald Trump approved an emergency declaration for Puerto Rico on Tuesday, according to a person familiar with the matter, after a deadly earthquake struck the commonwealth that was already ...
Beazley and RenaissanceRe Debut Cyber Catastrophe Cover Backed by Capital Markets
Specialist insurer Beazley and reinsurer RenaissanceRe have jointly launched a product that provides Beazley with additional catastrophe cover for cyber events. The majority of the security behind ...
Insurers Call for Greater Climate Change Action in Wake of Australia Fires
As the devastation from Australia's bushfires widens, the insurance industry is calling for concerted action to mitigate the impact of climate change. Months of out-of-control fires have burnt an ...
InsurTech MGA Corvus Raises $32M, With Plans to Counter Complex Cyber Risks
Corvus Insurance disclosed it has attracted $32 million in new financing that will fuel further growth, in part by countering complex cyber risks. The InsurTech-focused managing general agent based ...