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Metromile Hires Travelers Vet to Guide ‘Significant Expansion” of Independent Agent Program
Metromile, Inc. said it is pursuing "a significant expansion" of its pilot using independent agents to sell digital insurance, and it has hired a Travelers veteran to lead the effort. Scot Rankin, a ...
Business Owners Remain Overconfident About Their Ransomware Risks and Preventative Steps: Embroker
Business owners – even many technology startups - remain vastly overconfident about both their risk for ransomware attacks and insurance they have in place to prevent them, according to a new ...
Guidewire Launches Program to Connect Its Insurance Customers to Possible InsurTech Partners
Guidewire Software has launched a new program designed to connect its insurance industry customers to up-and-coming InsurTechs. Dubbed, Insurtech Vanguards, the program will highlight innovative ...
Travelers’ High Q3 Investment Returns Counter Catastrophe Loss Surge
Property and casualty insurer Travelers Cos Inc reported a drop in third-quarter profit on Tuesday that still beat estimates, as higher investment returns mainly from its non-fixed income portfolio ...
Kemper Proposes Nearly $18M Settlement in Class Action Involving Two Data Breaches
Kemper Insurance has proposed to settle a class action stemming from two data breaches in a deal valued at about $17.6 million. The dual breaches could have compromised the personal information of an ...
Higher Catastrophe Losses Will Dampen Q3 Earnings: KBW Analysis
Higher catastrophe losses should help push Q3 2021 earnings per share below consensus for carriers, but rate increases should help boost reinsurer results, according to KBW analyst Meyer Shields. ...
Has COVID Changed the Potential of What InsureTech Connect Can Accomplish?
The insurance industry conference landscape has more than just shifted over the last few years; it has changed radically. InsureTech Connect had become the "must-attend" event, attracting attendees ...
China’s Evergrande Property Crisis Creates Minimal Exposure for U.S. Insurers
The U.S. insurance industry faces only minimal exposure to land development companies in China as one of that country's largest property developers, Evergrande, appears on the brink of collapse. ...