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Insurers Could Be Unknowingly Subsidizing Marijuana Grow Houses
While California has a $1.4 billion legal marijuana market, a black market of perhaps equal size is thriving. Some enterprising growers are working on ways to get home insurers to cover their capital ...
AXA Will Establish $156B Asset-Management Unit for Alternative Assets
AXA SA plans to create a 137 billion-euro ($156 billion) asset-management unit to cater to the growing demand for real estate and other alternative assets. The French insurer will divide its ...
Carriers Expected to Pursue M&A in 2020 Despite Uncertain Economy: Deloitte
Despite a sharp decline in M&A activity in 2019 and continuing economic uncertainty, more than half of the executives surveyed by Deloitte still expect to complete an M&A transaction in the ...
Aon, Willis Towers Watson Frame Merger as Way to Boost Innovation and Ability to Adapt
There are several talking points that are evident about the planned merger of broking giants Aon and Willis Towers Watson. First, it's not about getting bigger; it's about getting better. And, ...
U.S. Commercial Insurance Prices in Q4 Continued Their Accelerated Rise: Willis Towers Watson
U.S. commercial insurance prices continued rising at an accelerated pace in the 2019 fourth quarter, with the aggregate price change exceeding 6 percent, according to a new Willis Towers Watson ...
Aon Alleges Fraud Over $300 Million Brazilian Acquisition Deal
British insurance broker Aon Plc has accused the founder of Brazilian health and benefits insurance broker Admix of defrauding it when it acquired the company four years ago in a 1.35 billion reais ...
InsurTech INSTANDA Raises $19.5M to Expand Market for Customer/Policy Management Platform
INSTANDA, a London-based customer and policy management platform for the insurance industry, has raised $19.5 million in new financing designed to accelerate an international expansion. "Today's ...
The Latest Launches From Zurich and Encova Insurance
Zurich partnered with a California-based InsurTech to reduce claims cost, boost efficiency and fight fraud. Encova Insurance will partner with an InsurTech and use its AI-enabled platform for text ...