Specialty
15% of W.R. Berkley Shares Being Acquired by Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance
Last Friday, W.R. Berkley Corp. said that Japanese property/casualty insurer Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. would buy a 15% stake in the company through open market purchases or private transactions ...
HOA Secures $2.5M ‘Wildfire Resilience Insurance’: WTW
Willis, a WTW business, and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) jointly announced the launch of an insurance policy for a private homeowners association in California—available and affordable because the ...
The Doctors Co. Buys Med Mal Insurer ProAssurance in $1.3B Go-Private Deal
The Doctors Company said it has entered an agreement to acquire ProAssurance Corp. for $1.3 billion, taking the company private. Birmingham, Ala.-headquartered ProAssurance is a specialty insurer ...
How Cincinnati Insurance Does E&S
The Cincinnati Insurance Companies have grown business for 75 years through relationships with a carefully selected set of regional independent agents—and business in the surplus lines segment is ...
Gen AI Is Shaking Up Underwriting, But Can It Replace Human Judgment?
Artificial intelligence technology has continued to evolve, and it's affecting many areas of insurance from claims to underwriting to customer service, according to panelists at the 2025 PLUS D&O ...
Diversification, Risk Modeling Top of Mind for Carriers as Cyber Market Softens
As cyber insurance rates have begun to stabilize, insurance carriers are seeking more diversification to fuel their underwriting and growth strategies, according to panelists at this year's PLUS ...
Contractors Insurance Alert: Construction Defect Lawsuits Rising
A new report identifying commercial litigation waves likely to pick up steam in 2025 highlights one particular theme that could further lengthen the tail of general liability claims for insurers ...
Loss Uncertainty High Amid ‘Rapid Softening’: Liberty Mutual Exec
Using terminology that's more common among weather forecasters and catastrophe event modelers, a commercial lines insurance executive described an increasingly uncertain risk landscape uncomfortably ...