Industry News
Ironshore Canada Expands Energy Practice
Ironshore Canada has expanded its energy practice and appointed Michael Marino to lead the team. As senior vice president of energy, Marino will be responsible for expanding specialty business lines ...
Ridesharing Insurance Legislation Advances in Georgia
A major property/casualty insurance trade group is lauding Georgia legislators' action on a bill mandating insurance coverage for ridesharing companies that covers an existing gap, mirroring similar ...
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P/C Insurance is ‘Hottest’ Hiring Market in Years: Labor Study
Driven by optimistic expectations about market-share growth, property/casualty insurers are hiring talent at the fastest clip in years, according to results of a recent labor study revealing that ...
Shared Capital Impacting Insurance Industry: Berkley
The U.S. economy is evolving in many ways, most significantly when it comes to both the cost of capital and the ownership of capital, and that change in capital ownership is a challenge for the ...
Great American Insurance Entering Singapore Market
Great American Insurance Group is joining the procession of specialty insurers staffing up a new branch operation in Singapore, the group announced Friday. The group said that its lead insurer, Great ...
Progressive CEO Tackles Aggregator Question in Advance of Google Launch
While the chief executive officer of Progressive didn't rule out the possibility of ever partnering with an aggregator website, Glenn Renwick highlighted the virtues of going it alone in the direct ...
ACUITY Ranks No. 3 on Fortune List of 100 Best Companies to Work For
Wisconsin-based property/casualty insurer ACUITY made Fortune magazine's new list of the 100 best companies to work for, coming in third place. Fortune notes that ACUITY, the 62nd-largest ...
Investing in Innovation: AXA VC Fund Backing Climate Impact, Airfare Predictors
In late February, AXA announced the launch of €200 million ($291 million) venture capital fund backing startups bringing innovations to the insurance, asset management, financial technology and ...