Industry News
Cat and Dogs Focus of Marsh, Zurich North America’s New Pet Insurance Program
Marsh and Zurich North America have begun a pet insurance program targeted to cats and dogs in the United States. Known as TrustedPals, the companies bill the effort as a "next generation pet ...
UK’s Johnson Beats Back Scottish Push for Further Brexit Obligations
A Scottish judge refused to put further obligations on U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, saying that his "unequivocal assurances" to seek an extension to the Brexit deadline were sufficient. "There ...
Next Insurance Pulls in $250M Financing from Partner Munich Re
InsurTech startup Next Insurance has pulled in a $250 million financing round from a single investor: Munich Re. Palo Alto-based Next said it plans to use the Series C cash infusion to scale up its ...
Enterprise Software Startup Gradient AI Raises $6M from MassMutual, Others
Gradient AI said it has raised $6 million in financing to help fuel development of its AI-based enterprise software focused on insurance underwriting and claims management. The Massachusetts-based ...
Liberty Mutual Closes Acquisition of 3 AmTrust Euro Subsidiaries
Liberty Mutual Insurance announced it has completed the acquisition of three European subsidiaries of AmTrust Financial Services: Nationale Borg, Nationale Borg Reinsurance, and AmTrust Insurance ...
A Red Sox/Yankees Game Helped Bring Tokio Marine and PURE Group Together
PURE Group, the high-net-worth insurer set to be acquired by Tokio Marine Holdings Inc., had been on the Japanese company's radar for more than a decade. After PURE was created in 2006, Tokio Marine ...
Opinion: Climate Change Risks for Homebuyers Old and New
Climate change poses risks to real estate that homebuyers may not be able to predict. As sea level rises, coastal properties, for example, may be subject to increased flooding and intensifying storm ...
UK Home, Car Insurers may Be Stopped From Annual Price Hikes
U.K. home and car insurers could be stopped from jacking up prices when customers' policies come up for renewal as the country's financial-markets watchdog clamps down on an industry that's not ...