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AXIS Joins Carriers’ Increasing Embrace of Pet Insurance
AXIS Insurance has become the latest carrier to enter the pet insurance market. The Bermuda-based specialty insurer, a business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings, Ltd., joins the pet insurance market ...
U.S. Severe Weather Insured Losses Surpassed $20B After Rough October: Aon
Annual U.S. severe weather insured losses for 2021 are jumping above $20 billion after a rough October, even before the year is complete, according to a new Aon report. "October is typically ...
Hannover Re Sells Stake in Joint Venture to Refocus as Pure Reinsurer
Hannover Re is selling its 49.8% stake in the joint venture HDI Global Specialty SE to the majority shareholder HDI Global SE, effective Dec. 31, 2021. HDI Global SE will then hold 100% of the ...
Climate Change Puts Financial Heat on Insurers and Policyholders Alike
Tony and Jhan Dunn never thought they would leave California, where they grew up, built a life together and planned to retire. But after a wildfire swept through their Northern California town of ...
China’s Ping An Insurance Will Sell $2.1B Stake in Auto Services Portal
Financial conglomerate Ping An Insurance Group of China is seeking to offload its 44% stake in auto services portal Autohome , three people familiar with the situation told Reuters. Ping An, which is ...
Investor Ire Over Lemonade’s Metromile Deal Overshadowed Generally Encouraging Q3 Results
Lemonade's decision to acquire struggling pay-per-mile auto insurer Metromile, along with a loss ratio that spiked higher, initially drowned out news of otherwise encouraging results from the ...
Lemonade’s Metromile M&A Deal Could Presage More InsurTech Acquisitions to Come: S&P
Lemonade's plan to snatch up Metromile isn't necessarily a one-off InsurTech M&A deal. Many more in the sector are likely in the future, particularly with newly-public startups burdened by anemic ...
InsurTechs Attract a Stunning $5.3B in Funding During Q3: Forrester
InsurTech continue to attract significant investor cash, pulling in a near-record $5.3 billion for the 2021 third quarter, representing a total of 472 deals. Interestingly, U.S. companies nailed down ...