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Insurance Technology Company Sapiens Will Pay $31.6M for German InsurTech
Sapiens plans to pay up to $31.6 million for sum.cumo, an InsurTech based in Germany that provides technology and consulting services to the insurance sector and other customers. Both sides expect to ...
British Regulator Warns Commercial Insurance Bosses to Stamp Out Bad Office Behavior
Britain's markets watchdog has told the bosses of commercial insurance companies to stamp out bad behavior in the industry and improve diversity, or risk losing their jobs. The warning follows last ...
Philadelphia Insurance Companies CEO O’Leary Named Chairman; Glomb Becomes President
Philadelphia Insurance Companies has a new chairman and president. The Pennsylvania-based commercial property/casualty and professional liability insurance company said that its current president and ...
27 Carriers in Play With $1.3B FEMA Flood Program Reinsurance Renewal
The Federal Emergency Management Agency reported its 2020 traditional reinsurance placement for the National Flood Insurance Program, a transaction in which 27 private reinsurers assumed $1.33 ...
Tokio Marine Commits $374M for Insurance Joint Venture With Brazil’s Caixa Bank
Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. said it will pay $374 million to form a joint venture to sell mortgage and homeowners insurance for Caixa Econômica Federal, the Brazilian state-owned bank. Caixa's ...
Executives On The Move at W.R. Berkley, BHSI and Guy Carpenter
W.R. Berkley Corp. appointed an executive to run a subsidiary focused on workers compensation. Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance promoted one of its executives to a leadership role focused on ...
Farmers Adds Uber Driver Cover to 13 Additional Markets
Farmers Insurance has expanded its commercial auto insurance coverage for Uber drivers into 13 new markets. In all, Farmers said the product is now available to drivers using the Uber App in 14 ...
American Financial Group Decides to Exit Lloyd’s of London
American Financial Group Inc. disclosed it will exit the Lloyd's of London insurance marketplace in 2020, an entity it joined in 2008 through an acquisition. The Ohio-based insurance holding company ...