Specialty
The Latest Launches From Nationwide, Starr Insurance and Hippo
Nationwide will debut an online insurance platform targeted toward businesses with fewer than five employees. Starr Insurance Companies said it is launching a construction-related insurance policy ...
COUNTRY Financial Chooses Jacobs as New CEO
COUNTRY Financial named a new chief executive officer, choosing to promote from within. Jim Jacobs is taking on the top job as of early 2019, serving as chief executive officer for each of COUNTRY ...
State Farm to Use Drones for Assessing Hurricane Florence Damage
Drones will be allowed to fly long distances and over populated areas across four states to assess damage from Hurricane Florence, after U.S. aviation regulators granted the first such approvals to ...
Cyber Attacks Double, as Carriers Better Protect Themselves: Accenture
Insurers are doing a better job protecting themselves from cyber attacks even as attempted breaches have nearly doubled, a new Accenture study has found. The percentage of successful global insurance ...
InsurTechs, Mutual Insurers Gain Plenty by Joining Forces: A.M. Best
Technology-oriented insurance startups and established small mutual property/casualty insurers may find they are better off partnering than competing. Mutual P/C insurance companies continue to face ...
Lloyd’s Readies Post-Brexit Policy Documents for European Union
Lloyd's has issued new policy documents meant to support post-Brexit underwriting in the European Union. The documents, published through Lloyd's Brussels, were prepared by the Lloyd's Market ...
Hurricane Florence and Business Interruption: Floods Delay Shipments at Port of Wilmington
The Port of Wilmington in North Carolina remains shut in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, freezing shipments of everything from fertilizer to textiles. Florence dropped as much as 40 inches (102 ...
Executives On The Move at AXIS, BHSI and The Hanover
AXIS Capital Holdings appointed a new leader of divisions that handle business in Ireland. Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Company expanded its leadership team in Dubai with a number of executive and ...