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Aviva Plans to Become Net Zero Carbon Emissions Company by 2040
British insurer Aviva plans to become a net zero carbon emissions company by 2040, it said on Monday, claiming this was the most demanding target set by any major insurer worldwide. Following the ...
BrokerTech Ventures Announces 2021 Cohort Class for Accelerator
BrokerTech Ventures (BTV), the industry's first broker-led investor group and accelerator program, has selected 12 InsurTech startups to take part in its 2021 accelerator curriculum. Aclaimant in ...
Observers Give Mixed Reception to Chubb’s New Blink Digital Platform
Chubb is an old school P/C insurer touting its new Blink platform for consumers as an "easy, effortless and affordable" option "for digitally-savvy consumers." Interestingly, many InsurTechs use the ...
Scoop, There It Is: GEICO Drives Up Berkshire 2020 Underwriting Profit
With GEICO's 2020 underwriting profit more the doubling above the level recorded in 2019, Berkshire Hathaway's full-year property/casualty underwriting income was in the black, even though the ...
Berkshire Hathaway’s Commercial Lines, Re Top Lines Helped Offset Q4 Coronavirus Impact
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Saturday said stock market gains fueled a record quarterly profit, while the billionaire signaled investors are undervaluing his company by repurchasing ...
Executives On The Move at CNA, Ascot and Grange Insurance
CNA appointed a new head of its Small Business arm. Ascot picked an executive to lead its operations in Bermuda. Grange Insurance appointed a new board member. *** CNA appointed Steve Marohn to the ...
A Post-Merger SiriusPoint Makes Its Debut
SiriusPoint Ltd., a Bermuda-based international specialty insurance and reinsurance company, has formally launched, the creation of a merger between two specialty companies. Specialty reinsurer Third ...
Irish Insurer FBD More Than Doubles Money Set Aside for COVID Lockdown Claims
Irish insurer FBD more than doubled the money set aside to cover lockdown-linked claims to 65 million euros ($79 million) after it lost a test case brought by four publicans over a policy that ...