International
Munich Re Embraces Driverless Tech With Mobileye Partnership for Commercial Fleets
Auto insurers, faced with rising accident rates and the emergence of autonomous vehicles that could make them obsolete by removing human error, have reason to love and hate driverless technology. ...
Name Change Coming for Sciemus With HSCM Bermuda Partnership
Sciemus, a Specialty Lloyd's MGA, is forming an investing partnership with HSCM Bermuda, a firm that invests in reinsurance and insurance-linked assets across all lines of business. The deal also ...
After Months of Development, B3i’s Blockchain Prototype Is Ready for Testing
The industry's Blockchain Insurance Industry Initiative (B3i) has developed a reinsurance blockchain prototype for a property excess of loss contract—and could be on the cusp of an industry ...
Executives On The Move at AXIS Insurance, Starr Companies, Everest Re and JLT Re
AXIS Insurance tapped an Aspen Insurance veteran to be its new renewable energy underwriter. Starr Companies has a new global chief claims officer. JLT Re named a new executive in a key role. 
Hamilton Insurance Targets Q4 for New CEO Announcement
Hamilton Insurance Group expects to announce new chief executive officer toward the end of 2017, Carrier Management has learned. Previous Chairman and CEO Brian Duperreault stepped down from Hamilton ...
Insurers, Reinsurers Alike See Stock Gains as U.S. Irma Fears Subside
Insurers jumped in markets from Europe to Florida amid signs that predictions about Hurricane Irma's damage were excessively dire. Giant reinsurers like Swiss Re and Munich Re, which shoulder risks ...
Equifax’s Cyber Insurance Reportedly Not Enough to Address Massive Breach
Equifax Inc.'s insurance against cyber breaches is likely inadequate to cover the credit-reporting company's costs tied to one of the biggest hacks in history, according to people familiar with the ...
AmTrust Seals Quota Share Reinsurance Deal to Reduce Hurricane, Tropical Storm Exposures
AmTrust Financial Services signed a new quota share reinsurance contract intended to reduce hurricane and tropical storm exposure for its Republic Companies business. The contract, effective Aug. 1, ...
Executives On The Move at Hamilton Re, AIG and Hub International
Hamilton Insurance Group's Hamilton Re made a number of new underwriting-based leadership changes. AIG has a new general counsel. Hub International's president is now also its CEO.