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The Latest Launches From The Hartford, The Hanover Insurance Group and More
The Hartford is eyeing nonprofit groups with new features added to its flagship management liability offering. Separately, The Hanover Insurance Group beefed up an important product with new ...
An Expensive Cup of Coffee: The Backstory of Sompo-Endurance Deal
FROM THE ARCHIVES: A VINTAGE CARRIER MANAGEMENT ARTICLE FROM 2017 "We were just two guys moaning away actually about the markets," said Nigel Frudd, head of Global M&A and group counsel for ...
Trump Factor Playing Huge Role in Stalling Insurance M&A
With a climate of uncertainty surrounding the political scene in the United States, particularly with respect to tax reforms promised by the new administration, insurance industry merger and ...
RMS Expands Model Suite for Asia-Pacific Typhoon, Earthquake
Risk modeling and analytics firm RMS has substantially expanded its suite of offerings for the Asia-Pacific region, adding typhoon models for South Korea and Taiwan as well as earthquake models for ...
Nonstandard Auto Loss Ratios Worst in Decade: A.M. Best
Loss ratios and operating ratios for the U.S. nonstandard auto insurance market fell to their worst levels in a decade, according to a new report from A.M. Best. Escalating repair and medical costs, ...
‘Hydrological Extremes’ Become ‘New Normal’
Texas struggled through its driest year in history in 2011. Four years later was its wettest ever. The Mississippi River rose to all-time-high flood levels in 2011. In 2012, it hit its second-lowest. ...
Global Warming May Be Speeding Up: Harvard Scientists
Two climate scientists suggest they've come closer to resolving a critical debate about how quickly human activity will heat up the planet. The answer isn't good news. It's almost universally ...
Esurance Gets Fans Into All Star Game Experience With VR Baseball
Nicholas Montes put on goggles and a catcher's mitt and crouched. The 13-year-old will never catch a 104 mph pitch from Aroldis Chapman. But at the All-Star FanFest, he felt what it's like to be ...