Industry News
Musk Paid Nearly $1M by Tesla for His Controversial D&O Insurance Arrangement
Tesla Inc. is making a one-time payment of almost $1 million to Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk related to a controversial insurance arrangement he agreed to with the carmaker's board earlier this ...
Lloyd’s Advocates State-Backed ‘Black Swan’ Reinsurance
"Black Swan" reinsurance schemes backed by governments could help businesses get insurance pay-outs after huge shocks such as the coronavirus pandemic, Lloyd's of London said. Commercial insurance ...
Exclusive: How P/C Insurance Pros Are Faring Working From Home During Pandemic
According to Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz," there's no place like home. For many in the property/casualty insurance industry, home is where their job has been during the pandemic. While millions of ...
U.S. Commercial Auto Losses Reach Worst Point in a Decade
The U.S. commercial automobile insurance segment's underwriting losses deepened to $4 billion in 2019, the segment's worst loss in 10 years and a continuation of a decade-long trend of worsening ...
Bank of England Tells Banks, Insurers to Press Ahead With Analyses of Climate Change Risks
The Bank of England (BoE) has told banks and insurers to press ahead with analyzing the impact of climate change on their operations, saying that guidance published on Monday would be followed by ...
FCCI Names Welch as CEO, Replacing Johnson, Who Was Fired in May
FCCI Insurance Group's board of directors has named Christina "Cina" Welch as president and CEO, replacing Craig Johnson, who was terminated from his role in May 2020 after an incident with police in ...
Nationwide Becomes Fully Independent Agency Carrier on July 1
Nationwide said it will complete an 18-month transition on July 1 to operate as a fully independent agency carrier. With that milestone date, more than 99 percent of the company's formerly captive ...
German InsurTech Friendsurance Turns to Debt Financing as Funding Alternative
Many InsurTech startups pursue venture capital or equity financing to fuel their growth (the sale of stock to investors who gain ownership interest in return). Germany's Friendsurance recently took a ...