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Everest Re CEO Andrade Wins Vote of Confidence and Contract Extension
Everest Re Group President and CEO Juan Andrade just got a big vote of confidence from his company's board of directors. Andrade's contract at the Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer has been ...
Canada’s Co-operators General, Sovereign General Earn AM Best Ratings Upgrades
Ratings agency AM Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings to "a" (Excellent) from "a-" (Excellent) of Co-operators ...
Zurich Will Acquire AlphaChat, an Estonia-Based Conversational AI Company
Zurich Insurance Group agreed to acquire Estonia-based company AlphaChat, which provides conversational artificial intelligence (AI) technology for customer service automation, to further enhance the ...
Swiss Re Reorganizes Group Operations; Names Ladva as Group CTO
Swiss Re is appointing Pravina Ladva as group chief digital & technology officer and member of the group executive committee, effective Jan. 1, 2022. Group Chief Operating Officer Anette Bronder ...
Active 2021 Hurricane Season Revealed ‘Unsettling’ Trends: AIR Worldwide
The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season was the third most active on record and the sixth consecutive year of above-average hurricane activity. Still, the overall season was mostly in line with the ...
Kin Seals Acquisition Deal Involving 43 State Insurance Licenses; Reverse Merger Pending
Kin Insurance, an InsurTech focused on home coverage and related technology, has completed the acquisition of an inactive insurance carrier holding licenses in 43 states. "Kin's advantages are most ...
Executives On The Move at AIG, Zurich and CLARA Analytics
AIG hired a new Global Head of Strategy and Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG). Zurich North America picked a new Head of Sustainability Underwriting. CLARA Analytics hired a new ...
Insurers Join Initiative to Slash Carbon Emissions From Global Shipping
Leading companies in the marine insurance industry have joined an initiative linking their underwriting activities with the cutting of carbon emissions from global shipping as pressure builds on the ...