Industry News
Executives On The Move at Hippo, Chubb and Buckle
Hippo hired four new executives in its legal department who will help the company hit the public markets through a reverse merger transaction announced in March. Chubb appointed a rising executive ...
American Family Joins Clearcover’s $200M Funding Round; Digital Auto Insurer Plans Rapid Expansion
Clearcover has secured a massive $200 million round of venture capital financing, and the digital auto insurance startup plans to use the monetary infusion to fuel product development and expansion, ...
U.S. P/C Insurers Produced 2020 Underwriting Profit Despite COVID-19 Challenges
Despite considerable operating challenges in 2020 from the global COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. property/casualty insurers saw a statutory underwriting profit for the third consecutive year, with an ...
Chinese Online Insurance Tech Firm Facing Domestic Pushback Over Planned IPO
Chinese online insurance technology firm Waterdrop Inc is receiving pushback from domestic regulators on its planned U.S. initial public offering as its business model is seen as risky, four people ...
InsurTech Summit Preview: Post-Pandemic InsurTech Usage Is at a ‘Leap Forward Moment’
Property/casualty insurers have talked for years about the need to modernize and embrace technology in order to serve their customers better. COVID-19 came along and rapidly quickened the process, ...
March U.S. Storms Caused More than $1B in Insured Losses: Aon
An onslaught of U.S. storms and flooding in March caused as much as $2 billion in economic damage. Public and private insurers were likely to see losses surpass $1 billion, Aon plc said in its ...
Businesses Pursue More COVID-19 Lawsuits, Seeking Higher Damages
The anniversary of COVID-19 shutdown orders brought an upturn in both the number of business-interruption lawsuits against insurers and the amount of damages they are claiming. In the past month: A ...
Insurance Industry Promotes Philanthropic and COVID Relief Initiatives
The insurance industry nonprofit Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) gave insurance industry leaders an opportunity to talk about their philanthropic initiatives at a recent media event. ...