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Startup Understory Raises $7.5M; Produces Weather Data for Insurers, Others
Understory, a producer of weather and related analytics data for insurers and others, raised $7.5 million in new financing designed to help propel an international expansion. The Wisconsin-based ...
Generali Commits More than $4B for Acquisitions, Growth Options
Generali has earmarked up to four billion euros ($4.5B) or acquisitions and growth as it looks to asset management and high-margin business in Latin America and Asia to fuel earnings. Italy's top ...
Anbang Insurance Reportedly Hiring Bank of America to Sell U.S. Luxury Hotel Group
Anbang Insurance Group Co. has hired Bank of America Corp. to help sell a portfolio of U.S. luxury hotels formerly known as Strategic Hotels & Resorts Inc. as it continues to reverse a global ...
Actuarial Society Merger Talks End After CAS Board Vote
Last week, during the group's annual meeting in Las Vegas, the Casualty Actuarial Society's board put an end to plans that would have merged the organization with its life insurance counterpart, the ...
Global Property, Mortality Protection Gap Hits $500B: Swiss Re
Households and businesses face a $500 billion global property and mortality protection gap, according to Swiss Re's latest sigma study. Swiss Re's report said that the figure illustrates increasing ...
Executives On The Move at The Hartford, Arch Insurance, Guy Carpenter and American Financial
Arch Insurance made a number of new executive appointments. The Hartford appointed a former Liberty Mutual executive to lead its Small Business Innovation Lab. Guy Carpenter is getting a new ...
AXA XL Advances Alternative Capital Biz by Buying 100% of New Ocean
AXA XL's reinsurance operation has completed the acquisition of all third party ownership interests in its majority-owned asset management affiliate, New Ocean Capital Management Ltd. New Ocean is ...
Brexit Turmoil Increases Likelihood of Widespread UK Business Interruption Risks
British companies selling everything from washing machines to flights, food and mortgages plan to spend tens of millions of pounds in case the political brinkmanship gripping the country leads to a ...