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Aviva Investors Might Ditch Holdings in Biggest Carbon Emitters Over Climate Inaction
Aviva Investors said on Monday it could ditch its stock and bond holdings in 30 of the world's biggest corporate emitters of carbon if their boards failed to take sufficient action over climate ...
Executives On The Move at AXIS Re and Coalition
AXIS Re appointed a new head of AXIS Re's Reinsurance Products division. Coalition has appointed five new production underwriters to help grow and serve the company's middle market relationships.
Kemper Granted A.M. Best Ratings Upgrade
Kemper Corp. was granted an A.M. Best upgrade of its financial strength rating, based on a strong balance sheet and solid operating performance over time. The property/casualty insurer and its ...
Amended Law Slows Nursing Home COVID Court Claims
Garnice Robertson wants accountability for her mother's death from COVID-19 caught while she was living at a Kansas nursing home that allegedly failed to prevent an outbreak of the disease. An ...
Rent Security Deposit Insurance Startup Raises $95M
New York City-based InsurTech Rhino recently pulled in $95 million in new financing, money that will propel growth of its security deposit insurance business. Investment firm Tiger Global Management ...
Top 2021 Risks Look Much Like 2020: Pandemic Fallout and Cyber Attacks
There was no escaping the coronavirus in 2020 and the pandemic will dominate the risk landscape again in 2021, according to global leaders in business, risk management and insurance. A trio of ...
The Latest Launches From The Hartford, Roost and Buckle
The Hartford is working with Tractable on a claims process project involving artificial intelligence. Roost, a developer of home telematics for property insurance carriers, added a new service to its ...
USAA Dives Into Small Business Insurance Market
USAA will start writing its own small business insurance policies for the first time. Initial coverage in the space will be available immediately in five states – Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, South ...
Industry Underestimating COVID Biz Interruption Losses: RenRe CEO
During an upbeat earnings call focused on how RenaissanceRe is using $1 billion of capital it raised last year in 2021, the CEO highlighted one negative development for the industry ...