Specialty
Executives On The Move at Zurich and BHSI
Zurich Insurance Group named a former AXA XL executive to a newly created role that address financial lines and cyber together. Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance appointed a new senior ...
Save for Cyber, Global Commercial Insurance Price Hikes Begin to Moderate: Marsh
Global commercial insurance pricing continued its double-digit growth in the 2021 first quarter, but the rate of increase dipped for the first time since late 2017, Marsh found in its latest market ...
Insurers Are Waking Up to Multi-Factor Authentication
Insurance use cases for multi-factor authentication (MFA) include distributor access, external user access (e.g., claims vendors, financial advisers), internal user access and policyholder access. ...
Executives On The Move at Buckle, Hippo and AXIS Insurance
The InsurTech Buckle hired a former Farmers Insurance executive in a leadership role. Hippo appointed a number of new executives to its technology team. AXIS Insurance is bringing on a new executive ...
Buffett Points to Greg Abel as His Likely Successor at Berkshire Hathaway
Warren Buffett ended long-running speculation about his successor at Berkshire Hathaway Inc by saying Greg Abel, who oversees the conglomerate's non-insurance businesses, would be named chief ...
MGA Startups During COVID Helped Accelerate Digitization: InsurTech Forum Preview
One of the more intriguing InsurTech trends over the last year has been an accelerated push by MGA startups to make insurance easier for consumers in a variety of ways. COVID-19 propelled that ...
Berkshire Hathaway’s Q1 Insurance Underwriting Income Rebounds; Reinsurance Results Mixed
Berkshire Hathaway saw its insurance earnings improve dramatically overall, after taking a hit the previous year when COVID-struck the world. The Warren Buffet-led conglomerate produced $764 million ...
Buffett Said Berkshire Hathaway Benefited From U.S. Economy’s Unexpected Strengths
Warren Buffett said on Saturday that Berkshire Hathaway Inc is being lifted by a U.S. economy faring far better than he predicted early in the coronavirus pandemic, though investor euphoria is making ...