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Heritage Insurance Gains Larger Regional Presence With $250M Narragansett Bay Acquisition
Heritage Insurance Company has completed its $250 million acquisition of Narragansett Bay Insurance Company, a deal that it said will create a personal lines carrier with a presence in 11 states. ...
Late 2017 Hurricanes Could Spur 2018 Insurance M&A Spree: Clyde & Co. Prediction
Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria and Nate broke records in late 2017 in terms of damages and insured losses. The strains they have caused on the marketplace could spur a wave of M&A activity a ...
GM Plans 2019 Ride-Sharing Rollout for Self-Driving Cars
General Motors Co. plans to have its self-driving cars ready for a ride-share service within two years as the automaker looks beyond traditional car ownership for new tech-driven sources of revenue. ...
Chubb’s Estimated Q4 California Wildfire Losses Surpass $200M
California wildfires from earlier this fall will likely slam Chubb with sizable fourth-quarter catastrophe lost costs. Those numbers are significantly lower, however, than the insurer's Q3 hits from ...
Squabble Over Ireland Delays Brexit Deal
Theresa May's efforts to find a compromise on the Irish border that will unblock Brexit talks struggled on, with both sides digging in on Thursday as the clock ticks down to a deadline next week. ...
Lloyd’s Has Paid Claims of $1.7B for Hurricanes Harvey, Irma & Maria—So Far
The Lloyd's market has paid claims worth $1.7 billion, to date, in response to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria. Earlier this year, Lloyd's estimated a total commitment of $4.8 billion for the three ...
Turo: The Insurance Question
The editors of Carrier Management wondered about insurance questions surrounding one of the sharing economy innovations described in Dennis Chookaszian's accompanying article—the car sharing ...
U.S. Asbestos Payments Grow in 2016; Incurred Losses Drop: A.M. Best
While U.S. asbestos-related incurred losses dropped in 2016, insurance payments grew 9 percent and hit $3.2 billion for the year, a new A.M. Best report concludes. The $3.2 billion figure exceeds the ...