Industry News
Kemper’s 2018 Infinity Acquisition Helps Lead to Fitch Ratings Upgrade
Kemper Corp.'s 2018 acquisition of specialty auto insurer Infinity Property and Casualty Corp. continues to reap dividends, this time in the form of a Fitch Ratings upgrade. Fitch said it upgraded ...
QBE North America Makes Castaldo CFO
QBE North America promoted Christopher Castaldo to become its new chief financial officer. Castaldo's new job will be subject to completion of various regulatory requirements. Plans call for him to ...
Liberty Mutual’s Irish Subsidiary Exits Three Lines of Business
Liberty Insurance, the Irish subsidiary of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, is exiting its commercial liability, commercial property and development bonds lines of business. Liberty will continue to ...
U.S. P/C Insurers Enjoyed Underwriting, Surplus Gains in First 9 Months of 2019
The private U.S. property/casualty insurance industry saw its net underwriting gains increase to $5.4 billion in the first nine months of 2019 from $4.7 billion a year earlier, bolstered by growth in ...
Japanese Firms Rely Largely on Insurance in Plans for Increasing Floods
Japanese companies have contingency plans for the floods that increasingly drench this island nation, but most have done little to fortify facilities, relying instead on insurance and securing ...
Virtual Currency Firm Gemini Launches In-House Insurer to Boost Crypto Asset Cover
U.S. virtual currency firm Gemini Trust Company announced on Thursday that it has launched its own insurance unit to boost coverage against theft of crypto assets. Gemini's new in-house insurer, ...
The Latest Launches From Sompo/Slice Labs and FRISS/Snapsheet
Sompo Holdings and Slice Labs are partnering on a product in Thailand. FRISS will be working with Snapsheet to provide technology designed to enhance the claims process.
Strong Competition, Claims Inflation Confront UK P/C Insurers: A.M. Best
Market conditions for U.K. non-life insurers were difficult in 2019 as they continued to face strong competition and claims inflation, according to a report published by AM Best. Companies have had ...