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China’s Unpredictable Regulatory Measures Make Investors Wary
The unpredictability of China's regulatory measures make the country unappealing to foreign investors in the short-term, following its latest crackdowns on the technology, property and education ...
Progressive Insurance Dinged by Q2 Rise in Auto Claims, Low Premiums
Progressive Corp. reported a 56 percent decrease in net income to $790.1 million for the second quarter. Net income was down 9 percent for the first six months. The company said the largest ...
U.S. Senate Bill Would Sanction Countries That Harbor Cyber Criminals
Two senior U.S. senators planned legislation on Thursday that would fight ransomware attacks on U.S. infrastructure by sanctioning countries the harbor cyber criminals, as well as by strengthening ...
AIG CEO Zaffino Acknowledges Reduction of Cyber Insurance Limits as Coverage Costs Climb
American International Group Inc is tightening terms of its cyber insurance, noting that its own premium prices are up nearly 40% globally, with the largest increase in North America, the U.S. ...
TypTap, a Home and Flood Insurance InsurTech, Files Proposed IPO Plans
HCI Group, Inc. announced that its InsurTech subsidiary, TypTap Insurance Group, Inc., a Florida-based writer of private market homeowners and flood insurance, has confidentially submitted a draft ...
Lemonade Customer Base Now Surpasses 1.2M; Q2 Losses Land Above $55M
Lemonade's customer base continues to climb in the 2021 second quarter, with that number now surpassing 1.2 million. In contrast, the New York-based digital insurer reported nearly 814,200 customers ...
Allianz CEO Baete Recaps ‘Horrible Week’ Regarding U.S. DOJ Fund Division Probe
Oliver Baete, chief executive officer of Germany's Allianz, on Friday spoke of a "horrible week" for him and the insurer, his first response to a disclosure that the U.S. Department of Justice was ...