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AIG Turns a Q3 Profit, but Commercial Combined Ratio Hits 105.3
American International Group Inc, the largest commercial insurer in the United States and Canada, reported a net income versus a loss last year, when tumultuous markets gutted returns from its ...
Markel’s Combined Ratio Soars Due Partly to Medical Malpractice Troubles
Markel Corp. saw its net income plunge during the 2016 third quarter and its combined ratio soar by 10 points versus the previous year. The insurer blamed, in part, "unfavorable development" in its ...
Hiscox Helps Back Indio, a Commercial Insurance Broker Platform, in $2M Round
Hiscox is among the participants in a $2 million seed financing for Indio, a commercial insurance platform for brokers that aims to do what Sabre did for travel agents or Schwab did for wealth ...
After 6 Years of Fast Growth, Cyber Insurance Purchasing Slows Down
There are signs in 2016 that the cyber insurance market is slowing after six years of rapid growth, even as the overall upward trend of organizations purchasing cyber insurance continued. A 2016 ...
Investment Gains Fuel Allied World’s Q3 Results
Double-digit investment income growth contributed largely to solid Q3 earnings at Allied World Assurance Company Holdings AG. Results also reverse the losses booked a year ago, despite some larger ...
Aspen Buys Puerto Rico MGA as Part of Caribbean Marine Expansion
Aspen Insurance has made an acquisition that will expand its specialist Marine capabilities in the Carribbean market. The Bermuda-based insurer said it bought Blue Waters Insurers, Corp. Blue Waters, ...
XL Catlin Adds Employment Practices Liability Option for Design Professionals
XL Catlin said it is adding an employment practices liability option to its professional liability insurance product for architects, engineers and other U.S. design professionals or businesses. The ...
Executives On The Move at Starr Companies, Lemonade and RMS
Starr Companies made a new executive appointment in Seattle. Startup Lemonade hired a chief compliance officer/general counsel. Catastrophe modeling firm RMS brought on a new executive from AXIS ...