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W.R. Berkley Rate Increases Fuel Robust Q2 Net Income and Premiums Written
Rate increases are a big factor behind W.R. Berkley Corp.'s mostly stellar Q2, with the insurer and reinsurer reporting a robust jump in net income, net investment income and premiums written. ...
A Hardening P/C Insurance Market Has Accelerated and Gone Global: Chubb CEO Greenberg
It is becoming increasingly clear that a hardening property/casualty insurance market has accelerated and gone global after initial signs first materialized earlier in 2019, Chubb Chairman and CEO ...
Facebook Agrees to Pay Record $5B to Settle Privacy Violation Claims
Facebook Inc. agreed to pay a record $5 billion to resolve a U.S. investigation into years of privacy violations, a settlement that increases the board of directors' responsibility for protecting ...
The Latest Launches From Hiscox, Roost and AXA XL
Hiscox has a new security product designed to help protect shipping targeted by nation states. A small carrier in North Dakota will start offering home telematics products from Roost. AXA XL's U.S. ...
Europe Braces For Second Historic Heatwave
Europe is facing a second heatwave this summer, just weeks after the hottest June on record, intensifying concern over climate change and the rise in extreme weather events. Swathes of northwest ...
New Zealand InsurTech Startup Cove Draws Investment From Greenlight Re
Greenlight Re Innovations (GRI), a subsidiary of specialist property and casualty re/insurer Greenlight Capital Re Ltd., announced it has made a strategic investment in Cove Ltd., a New Zealand-based ...
New UK PM Johnson Has 100 Days to Deliver Brexit
Incoming Prime Minister Boris Johnson has 100 days to deliver on his promise of leading the U.K. out of the European Union. The Brexit deal his predecessor struck with the bloc is "dead," "defunct" ...
Rate Hikes Drive Beazley’s H1 Earnings Significantly Higher
Lloyd's of London insurer Beazley Plc said on Tuesday its first-half earnings nearly tripled from last year, as it wrote more policies at higher rates and said it expects double-digit premium growth ...