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Chubb’s Q4 Soars With Strong P/C Premium Gains
Chubb has plenty to celebrate about its 2019 fourth quarter. The property/casualty insurer enjoyed a large jump in net income due mostly to rate hikes and P/C underwriting gains. Chubb's catastrophe ...
Coronavirus Will Cause Limited Losses in China’s P/C Insurance Market: AM Best
Ratings firm AM Best said it expects that China's non-life insurance market will experience limited losses from the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. The analysts based their outlook on factors including ...
Aon Grabs Cybersecurity Firm to Bolster Division That Handles Cyber Hacks
Aon Plc bought closely held Canadian firm Cytelligence Inc. to help boost its ability to respond to and investigate attacks on computer systems. Aon picked up employees with cybersecurity consulting ...
Singapore Will Add More Climate Change Risks to Financial Industry Stress Tests
Singapore plans to include a broader range of climate change-related risks in a future stress test of its financial industry, a government minister said. The Monetary Authority of Singapore plans to ...
Executives On The Move at Liberty Mutual and RenaissanceRe
Liberty Mutual appointed one of its veteran executives to lead its Global Risk Solutions arm in North America. RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. hired a new head of human resources. *** Liberty Mutual ...
The Hartford’s 2019 Navigators Acquisition Pays Off
The Hartford closed out 2019 with gains in net income and net investment income, buttressed in part by its $2.1 billion acquisition of specialty insurer Navigators Group. Net income hit $543 million, ...
Insurance Value Chain Poised for Big Changes From Data-Driven Business Models
Digital transformation empowers consumers to be more informed and independent, and equips insurers with the tools to develop new tailored products and services and refine existing ones, said the ...
Berkley CEO Warns ‘Clouds Are Beginning to Build’ for Workers Comp
While the market is hardening and rates are increasing for nearly every commercial insurance line, workers compensation remains stubbornly soft. That reality is something that W.R. Berkley's CEO ...