Industry News
Next Insurance Makes Room for Agents After All
Next Insurance has begun formally marketing a portal designed to help independent agents quickly quote and sell its policies. Next said the system, dubbed "Next for Agents," had been in beta testing ...
China’s Anbang Insurance Group Sells off Luxury Hotels, Keeps Original Waldorf Astoria
Anbang Insurance Group Co. agreed to sell a luxury hotel portfolio to South Korea's Mirae Asset Management Co., marking the end of the Chinese insurer's short-lived investment in the properties. ...
California Wildfire Victims Balk at Utility’s Plan to Cap Payments
PG&E Corp's plan to cap payments to victims of California wildfires blamed on the power producer is "totally unacceptable," a lawyer representing victims in the utility's bankruptcy case said on ...
On-Demand Cat Models: Xceedance, Oasis LMF Team Up
Xceedance, a global provider of insurance consulting, managed services, technology, data sciences and blockchain solutions, announced on Sunday that it is teaming up with the Oasis Loss Modelling ...
Top 25 Non-Life Reinsurers: Munich Re Leads A.M. Best Ranking
Munich Re tops a ranking of global non-life reinsurers, eclipsing Swiss Re by more than $2.5 billion in gross premiums on a list extracted from an A.M. Best analysis. The rating agency's special ...
The Latest Launches From Coalition, Liberty Mutual/Ironshore and Aon
Coalition launched an incentive program designed to encourage policyholders to implement cyber attack mitigation known as MFA. Liberty Mutual's Ironshore Environmental is introducing a smartphone app ...
Updated Hurricane Dorian Insured Loss Estimates Calculated for U.S., Caribbean
Hurricane Dorian may be history, but catastrophe modeling firms are still calculating insured losses for damage the storm inflicted on the U.S. and Caribbean region. Karen Clark & Co. issued an ...
Executives On The Move at AXA XL, Guy Carpenter and Aspen
AXA XL hired a Zurich veteran to lead a Captive Practice in Canada. Guy Carpenter & Co. named a new chairman. Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. appointed its latest chief information officer.
Root Insurance Secures $350M Financing to Fuel Accelerated Expansion
Root Insurance confirmed it has pulled in a $350 million venture capital infusion, a few weeks after news of the imminent financing leaked early. The Wall Street Journal reported in late August that ...