Industry News
Verisk Analytics, Capgemini Make Insurance Industry-Focused Acquisitions
Verisk Analytics has snatched up Healix Risk Rating, a company focused on automated medical risk assessment for the travel insurance ratings. Financial terms were not disclosed, although the deal is ...
The Latest Launches From Hiscox and Markel
A division of Hiscox is adding and expanding coverage for media and creative industries. Markel plans to join the surety market, with an initial rollout in the UK, Ireland and continental Europe. *** ...
Wraight, the New Academy of Insurance Director, Wants Customer Ideas as He Mulls Changes
Patrick Wraight has been named the director of the Insurance Journal Academy of Insurance, a leading property/casualty insurance learning center that is part of the Wells Media Group. Wraight, an ...
IVANS Digital Distribution Tool Will Help Carriers Grow—With Agents
With no intention of disintermediating anybody, IVANS is rolling out new commercial lines "digital distribution capabilities," which the firm promises will give carriers a "data-driven method" to ...
Former Willis Towers Watson Exec Joins JLT Specialty USA Cargo Team
A former Willis Towers Watson executive is joining JLT Specialty USA as senior vice president. Jim White, a 34-year-industry veteran, will work with JLT's global Cargo team, with a focus on expanding ...
Carriers Challenge CFA Over its No-Fault Auto Insurance Report
A national consumer group has charged that innocent drivers in most states are being forced to pay more for auto insurance for accidents in which they are not at fault. The report from the Consumer ...
Despite AIG’s Poor Q4, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch Remain Patient
Despite American International Group's poor 2016 fourth quarter earnings performance, Fitch Ratings and Standard & Poor's both have affirmed the insurer's ratings, with a few qualifiers slipped ...
Insurer/Investor Group Urges G20 Economies to Phase out Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Investors and insurers with more than $2.8 trillion in assets under management on Wednesday called on the Group of 20 economies to phase out fossil fuel subsidies by 2020 despite U.S. doubts about ...