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Allstate Announces $2.8B Sale of Life Insurance Company
The Allstate Corporation announced on Tuesday that it has agreed to sell Allstate Life Insurance Company (ALIC) to entities managed by investment firm Blackstone for $2.8 billion. Explaining the move ...
Consumers Willing to Share Personal Data With Insurers Despite Data Security Concerns
If it means reduced premiums, consumers are willing to share their personal information with insurers but they question whether insurers can protect their data. The number of consumers willing to ...
Social Inflation Drives $400M Prior-Year Reserve Charge For Everest Re
Everest Re is the most recent insurance and reinsurance company to announce catastrophe and COVID losses in advance of fourth-quarter earnings, but Everest's disclosure on Monday also addressed a ...
The Latest Launches From Chubb and Branch Insurance
Chubb is marketing a new product designed to streamline absence management and workplace benefits for mid-size to large employers. Branch Insurance will link with ADT to offer ADT home security ...
InsurTech Joshu Raises $3.7M for Commercial Insurance Digital Platform
The InsurTech Joshu raised $3.7 million in seed funding to advance its digital tools designed to help carriers and MGAs bring their commercial insurance business online. Blumberg Capital led the ...
South African Insurer Santam to Begin Processing 4,000 COVID Business Interruption Claims
South African insurer Santam Ltd said on Monday it will start processing business interruption claims for all commercial policies that were affected by a coronavirus-led lockdown in April beyond ...
Specialty E&S Insurer Upland Capital Makes Its Debut
Upland Capital Group has become the latest specialty insurance business in the marketplace. The Dallas-based operation plans to offer a diversified portfolio of excess and surplus lines casualty, ...
Most Global Catastrophe Economic Losses Unaddressed by Insurance
There were 416 natural catastrophe events globally in 2020 that resulted in economic losses of $268 billion – 8% above the average annual losses for this century, according to insurance broker ...