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The Latest Launches From Arch Insurance and Berkshire Hathway GUARD
Arch Insurance debuted a new online platform that lets brokers rapidly price and purchase Business Travel Accident policies for U.S.-based companies with up to 250 business travelers. Berkshire ...
Insurers Overwhelmed by Demand for D&O Coverage for Reverse-Merger Companies
The SPAC boom is overwhelming a key player in the creation of a blank-check companies: insurers. Firms selling directors-and-officers liability policies for special purpose acquisition companies have ...
Irish Central Bank Pledges to Act Against Insurers Who Don’t Pay COVID-19 Claims
Ireland's central bank governor told insurers to urgently honor and pay valid claims related to COVID-19 disruption, following a successful test case in court last week, or risk facing legal action ...
AI, Privacy, Racial Bias Among State Insurance Regulator Priorities for 2021
The country's insurance regulators are vowing to prioritize the monitoring of the use of consumer and non-consumer data by companies, the use of artificial intelligence, and the availability and ...
No Post-Brexit Big Capital Reduction Requirements for UK Insurers: Bank of England
The Bank of England told insurers on Wednesday not to expect any big reduction in capital requirements after Brexit, adding that more capital could be "part of the answer" to meeting a 1.7 billion ...
Startups Focused on Data Observability, Digital Wallet Tech and Risk Management Obtain Financing
Tech startup Monte Carlo raised $25 million in new Series B financing to help build its Data Observability platform. New York-based InsurTech Marble raised $2.5 million in early-stage funding that ...
P/C Insurer Net Income Plunged 27% Through September 2020, Pushed by Catastrophes
U.S. property/casualty insurance net income dropped by more than a fourth in the first nine months of 2020 as the industry was hammered by COVID-19 and an historic catastrophe season, according to a ...
CNA Sees Big Q4 Gains as Market Hardens
CNA Financial Corp. benefited significantly from rate hikes and premium growth in Q4, reporting more than $387 million in net income versus $273 million the year before. Net income per share during ...