Industry News
S&P No Longer Expects Global Re Rate Drops at Jan. 1
A trio of third-quarter hurricanes and continued catastrophe losses impacting insurers and reinsurers will have a greater impact on reinsurers—and may potentially fuel reinsurance rate hikes at the ...
Insurance Industry Acquirers Underperformed in 2016: Willis Towers Watson
Research from Willis Towers Watson announced earlier this month revealed that insurers doing acquisitions in 2016 underperformed peers that stayed away from M&A. WTW used a performance measure ...
Tesla, Liberty Mutual Partner on Electric Car Insurance for U.S.
Tesla Inc. is partnering with Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. to offer an auto insurance plan designed specifically for its electric cars in the U.S. The plan made available to U.S. customers starting ...
S&P Changes Lloyd’s Outlook to Negative; Cat Loss Tallies Continue
While affirming the A+ financial strength rating of the Society of Lloyd's, S&P Global Ratings announced said Thursday that it revised the rating outlook to negative from stable in the wake of ...
Without Access to Crop Insurance, Calif. Fires Could Prove Fatal for Damaged Marijuana Farms
For many businesses in northern California, it will take years to rebuild from the wildfires that have decimated the region. And for many legal cannabis growers, the destruction could be ...
WEF Bringing Insurers, Tech Firms Together to Tackle Risks From Drones, Driverless Cars
The World Economic Forum is bringing insurers, tech firms and governments together to find ways to tackle risks from new technology such as drones and driverless cars, it said on Thursday. Tech firms ...
NFIP Could Go Broke Week After Next, Warns FEMA
The National Flood Insurance Program, struggling with the costs of this year's record hurricane season, will run out of money as early as Oct. 23 unless Congress takes action. The Federal Emergency ...
Aon Partners With InsurTech CLARA to Deliver AI Claims Tools for Workers Comp Insurers
Aon Benfield has teamed with CLARA analytics to deliver artificial intelligence tools to workers compensation insurers in the U.S. to help employees return to work as quickly as possible while ...