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AXIS Estimates Pre-Tax California Wildfire Losses Could Hit $150M
AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. predicts between $125 million and $150 million in pre-tax losses for the 2018 fourth quarter stemming primarily from California wildfires. AXIS said that the preliminary ...
Slice Labs Opens Innovation/Product Development Hub in Toronto
Slice Labs Inc., maker of an on-demand insurance cloud platform, launched an innovation hub in Toronto designed to help it test new on-demand insurance products. The company, which began as a seller ...
Sompo Holdings Promotes Charman to CEO of Overseas Insurance; Frudd to Lead International Division
Sompo International Holdings Ltd said that John Charman, chairman of the board of directors and CEO of Sompo International, is getting a promotion. Charman's new position will be chief executive ...
RenRe, Dutch Pension Fund Manager Launch New U.S.-Focused Reinsurer
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. teamed with Dutch pension fund manager PGGM to launch Vermeer Reinsurance Lt., a reinsurer designed to provide capacity focused on risk remote layers in the U.S. ...
Marriott Data Breach Could Cost at Least $200 Million: AIR Worldwide
Marriott International Inc. will be dealing with direct cyber incident losses from its massive data breach of between $200 million and $600 million, according to an AIR Worldwide estimate. Marriott ...
At $79B, 2018 Global Insured Losses Hover Near Record Territory: Swiss Re
Total economic losses from natural and man-made disasters in 2018 are down from the previous year, but insured losses are hovering near record territory. Swiss Re's latest sigma report calculated an ...
Executives On The Move at Alliant and Insurance Information Institute
Alliant hired a Willis Towers Watson veteran as Senior Vice President. The Insurance Information Institute hired a new Vice President and Senior Economist, who will handle areas including research, ...
The Latest Launches From Zurich Insurance and JLT Re North America
Zurich Insurance is launching a new app designed to help give distributors its general risk appetite across multiple industries. JLT Re North America is partnering with personal auto InsurTech Pact ...