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Monte Carlo Dispatch: Industry Blockchain Initiative B3i Irons Out Platform Kinks
The industry's Blockchain Insurance Industry Initiative (B3i) announced a year ago it had developed a reinsurance blockchain prototype for a property excess-of-loss (XOL) contract and asked the ...
Wells Fargo Plan to Repay Customers Pushed Into Unnecessary Auto Insurance Reportedly Rejected by Regulators
U.S. regulators have rejected Wells Fargo & Co's plan to repay customers who were pushed into unnecessary auto insurance, telling the bank it must do more to ensure it has found and compensated ...
NRA-Marketed Insurance Hit With Crackdown From California Regulators
California's insurance regulator ordered the National Rifle Association to stop marketing an insurance product without being licensed. A "Carry Guard" product was allegedly being marketed by the NRA ...
Hurricane Florence Already Triggering Business Interruption Policies
Hurricane Florence is still hundreds of miles off the U.S. East Coast, but insurers are starting to see their potential costs from one type of claim mount as companies halt operations to let ...
Executives On The Move at Zurich, AIG and RMS
Zurich Insurance named a new chief underwriting officer for its Zurich North America Unit. AIG appointed an XL Catlin veteran to lead its Bermuda business. Catastrophe modeler RMS appointed a former ...
Hurricane Florence Nears the Mid-Atlantic Coast, as the P/C Industry Keeps Watch
Insurers, catastrophe modelers and brokers are scrambling to prepare for and keep up with Hurricane Florence. The massive storm is slated to bring heavy winds and rainfall to the southeastern and ...
XL Group Becomes AXA XL With Merger Closing
As of Sept. 12, XL Group will officially become a part of AXA. The Paris-based global insurer disclosed on Sept. 11 that it now has all regulatory approvals required to complete its acquisition of XL ...
New Guy Carpenter Subsidiary Manages Carrier Quest for Global InsurTech Partners
InsurTech is often touted as the cure that will solve the insurance industry's inefficient and antiquated processes—from distribution to underwriting to claims. While many insurers want to ...