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Executives On The Move at Hamilton, CNA, Western World and State Auto
An AIG vet signed up to run Hamilton Insurance Group's USA arm. CNA has a new executive for its Customer Segments division. Western World Insurance Group appointed a new director of risk management. ...
Hiscox, American Family-Backed Startup Unveils Small Business Digital Insurance Marketplace
Bunker, a Hiscox and American Family-backed startup billing itself as the first contract-related insurance marketplace, has officially left stealth mode and unveiled its first product. The target ...
Climate Change Produces New Insurance Challenges All Around
Climate change is creating insurance challenges in multiple ways. The National Climate Assessment, a report released by the U.S. Global Change Research Program argues that climate change increases ...
Brexit Trigger to be Pulled by March 2017: British PM Theresa May
Prime Minister Theresa May said she'll begin the U.K.'s withdrawal from the European Union in the first quarter of 2017 in her clearest announcement yet about her government's Brexit strategy. The ...
Obesity Linked to Higher Workers Compensation Costs in New Study
Obese and overweight workers are more likely to incur high costs related to workers compensation claims for major injuries, reports a study in the September Journal of Occupational and Environmental ...
The Latest Launches From Aon and Liberty Mutual
Aon developed a new cyber risk policy, designed, in part, to address "Internet of Things" risks. Liberty Mutual has two new excess casualty coverage products. *** Aon Risk Solutions says it has ...
RBS Will Pay $1.1B to Settle Some of Its U.S. Toxic Mortgage Claims
Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc will pay $1.1 billion to resolve claims that it sold toxic mortgage-backed securities to credit unions that later failed, the U.S. National Credit Union ...
Hamilton CEO Duperreault: SME Joint Venture With AIG, Two Sigma Launches in Q4
Hamilton Insurance Group Ltd., American International Group, Inc. and Two Sigma Investments plan in the fourth quarter to start rolling out a technology-enabled, customer-centric insurance platform ...