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Liberty Mutual Invests in, Partners With Autonomous Vehicle Safety Tech Startup
Liberty Mutual has taken a preemptive step to helping brokers and customers alike better understand emerging autonomous vehicle technologies, partnering with a technology firm focused on the matter. ...
AXA, W.R. Berkley Finance Startups Focused on Cybersecurity Ratings, Digital Coverage
AXA joined a $50 million financing for an information security company that rates companies' cybersecurity readiness. W.R. Berkley Corp. led a $12.5 million funding round for a startup with an ...
Early AI initiatives in personal auto have largely focused on improving efficiency within individual functions, from claims and customer service...
Guy Carpenter Suspends Two Over Email Harassing Incident
A Lloyd's of London insurance broker, Guy Carpenter & Co., suspended an executive for sending a sexually suggestive email about a female colleague. A second employee was suspended for forwarding ...
Two Oil Tankers Damaged in Suspected Attack Near Persian Gulf
Two oil tankers were damaged on Thursday in a suspected attack near the entrance to the Persian Gulf, stoking fears that high-stakes diplomatic efforts won't avert a military confrontation between ...
World’s Biggest Beer Brewer Opens Israeli Cybersecurity Unit to Help Counter Attacks
Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev), the world's largest beer maker, said on Thursday it was opening a cybersecurity unit in Israel to help protect itself from a growing number of attacks. Israel is a ...
The Latest Launches From Zurich and Everest Insurance
Zurich has a new hurricane deductible buy-back program. Everest Insurance expanded its workers compensation capabilities for the marine industry. *** Zurich has launched Cat4Home, a new hurricane ...
Executives On The Move at AXIS Re, BHSI and W.R. Berkley Corp.
AXIS Re hired a new executive to help manage its Lloyd's operations. Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance appointed a Chubb veteran to run its expanded operations in Australia. A veteran executive ...
China’s Anbang Insurance to Start Selling Waldorf Astoria Luxury Condos
China's Anbang Insurance Group Co. is scouring the globe for condo buyers looking for a little -- or a lot -- of Park Avenue glamour. Four years after buying the famed Waldorf Astoria for a record ...