Specialty
Shareholder Backing for U.S. Climate Measures Rose Significantly This Year
Support for climate-related shareholder resolutions at U.S. companies rose significantly this year, according to a report released on Wednesday, as investors focused on economic threats posed by ...
Digital Property Claims Marketplace Startup Wins ACORD’s InsurTech Innovation Challenge
ACORD, the global standards-setting body for the insurance industry, picked the startup handdii as the winner of its 2021 ACORD InsurTech Innovation Challenge New York. The winner is a digital ...
Generali Reports Most Directors Want to Keep Donnet as CEO
Generali said a majority of its board members was in favor of keeping Chief Executive Philippe Donnet in his job for another mandate, as shareholders in Italy's biggest insurer spar over governance ...
Cowbell Cyber Debuts Cyber Risk Exchange Marketplace
Cowbell Cyber is launching what it bills as the first-of-its-kind cyber risk exchange marketplace. The marketplace, dubbed Cowbell Rx, is designed to close insurability gaps by providing cyber ...
The Latest Launches From JetSure USA and Embroker
A specialist private jet cancellation provider will be marketing Flight Cancellation insurance in the United States. Digitial business insurance platform Embroker will now be offering Cyber Insurance ...
Cyber Reinsurance MGA Envelop Risk Attracts $130M Infusion to Fuel Global Growth Plans
Envelop Risk, the UK-based cyber insurance/ reinsurance managing general agent, announced a Series B investment of $130 million, led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2. The financing will help Envelop Risk ...
Genworth Brings Back IPO Plans for Mortgage Insurance Unit; Goal of $3B Valuation
Genworth Financial Inc on Monday revived plans for an initial public offering (IPO) of Enact Holdings, aiming for a valuation of more than $3 billion for its mortgage insurance unit, according to a ...
Writing Cyber Is Key To Survival, Munich Re Exec Says
Trumpeting a message that he conceded might be different from peers, Stefan Golling, a member of Munich Re Board of Management, said that Munich Re remains bullish on the cyber insurance and ...
Executives On The Move at BHSI and Duck Creek Technologies
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance hired a new UK Executive Underwriter focused on Executive and Professional lines. Duck Creek Technologies brought on a new Chief Marketing Officer.