Specialty
Steadily, a Digital Landlord Insurance MGA, Raises New Funding
Steadily, an InsurTech MGA focused on landlord insurance, has raised $27.2 million in new venture capital designed to help expand the reach of its digital platform. Matrix Partners and Zigg Capital ...
Samsung Fire & Marine Will Underwrite Canopius U.S. Admitted Specialty Lines
Canopius Group, a global specialty (re)insurer, announced an agreement with Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance (SFMI), its substantial minority shareholder and business partner, to underwrite U.S. ...
Argo Group Will Sell U.S. Specialty Property Renewal Rights to Westfield Insurance
Specialty insurer Argo Group International Holdings has agreed to sell the renewal rights of its U.S. specialty property business to Westfield Insurance of Ohio. This transaction includes Argo's ...
The Latest Launches From BHSI and American Family/Bold Penguin
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Launched two new D&O products in Germany. American Family-owned Bold Penguin debuted two new artificial intelligence-related products designed to help ...
Executives On The Move at AXIS, Willis Towers Watson and The Geneva Association
AXIS Capital Holdings appointed two executives to leadership positions within its ILS division. Willis Towers Watson a new Global Head of Broking and Broking Strategy. The Geneva Association chose a ...
Insurers Plan to Boost Their Private Market Investments: BlackRock
Insurers plan to increase their allocations to private markets to 14% from 11% over the next two years in the hunt for yield, as they add more money to environmentally focused investment funds, ...
AXIS Joins Carriers’ Increasing Embrace of Pet Insurance
AXIS Insurance has become the latest carrier to enter the pet insurance market. The Bermuda-based specialty insurer, a business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings, Ltd., joins the pet insurance market ...
Hannover Re Sells Stake in Joint Venture to Refocus as Pure Reinsurer
Hannover Re is selling its 49.8% stake in the joint venture HDI Global Specialty SE to the majority shareholder HDI Global SE, effective Dec. 31, 2021. HDI Global SE will then hold 100% of the ...