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Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Invests in Restoration Hardware
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Thursday disclosed a new investment in RH, boosting shares of the luxury furniture and home furnishings chain once known as Restoration Hardware. Berkshire ...
North American Commercial Insurance 2020 Rate Hikes Likely; Overall Market Hardening Unlikely
Rate increases are likely for North American commercial insurance buyers in 2020, but the trend won't likely lead to an overall hardening market, according to reports from Willis Towers Watson and ...
Generali Takes on AXA With Debut of New Art Insurance Unit
Italian insurer Generali launched a new business Tuesday to cover art works, engaging as a poster boy the contemporary artist Maurizio Cattelan, whose gold-covered statue valued at 2.4 million euros ...
Allianz, Microsoft Partnership Seeks Industry Transformation Through Open-Source Software
Allianz SE and Microsoft Corp. are partnering to reimagine the insurance industry experience for carriers and customers, in part through greater use of digital technology and the cloud. Their ...
Insurance Premiums Will Grow 3 Percent Despite Economic Slowdown: Swiss Re
Global insurance premiums will grow 3 percent on average over the next two years even with an emerging global economic slowdown, Swiss Re said in its latest sigma report. Rising loss costs will fuel ...
Executives On The Move at Chubb and AmTrust
Chubb promoted an executive to be division president for Chubb Global Markets. AmTrust Financial Services hired a new head of Litigation.***
Chubb appointed Jason ...
Lloyd’s Lab Initiative Spurs New Praedicat Peril Casualty Insurance Product
Praedicat Inc., a Los Angeles-based liability risk analytics software company, said it is developing a new insurance product to help global industrial companies secure coverage for innovative and ...
Some Argue Blockchain Enthusiasm Is Fading Quickly
For a technology that was supposed to transform and solve seemingly every problem in the world, the enthusiasm is fading pretty quickly. Blockchain, the underlying technology that powers ...