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The Latest Launches From Everest Insurance and Tokio Marine HCC
Everest Insurance is teaming with a cybersecurity firm to launch insurance coverage meant to help make private equity policyholders saver from cyberattacks. A division of Tokio Marine HCC unveiled a ...
Allianz, Praedicat Partner on Improving Catastrophe Liability Risk Predictions
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS), the corporate insurance unit of Allianz SE, is working with Praedicat, the Los Angeles-based InsurTech analytics firm, to better predict key ...
Insurance Will Overtake Banks as Bigger Contributor to Swiss Economy
Switzerland's financial center is in the midst of a power shift. The Alpine country's less fashionable insurers, long overshadowed by glamorous private banks around Zurich's posh Paradeplatz and Lake ...
Former AIG CEO Greenberg Loses Court Appeal Over 2008 Bailout Ruling
A federal appeals court threw out a ruling that the U.S. government illegally bailed out insurer American International Group Inc during the 2008 financial crisis, in a defeat for former chief ...
Generali Sees Profit Potential in Expanded Asset Management Operations
Generali is looking to buy portfolio management teams to expand its asset management operations and beef up its fee-based business, the Italian group said after reporting a 9 percent fall in ...
Bunker, a Small Business Digital Insurance Marketplace, Raises $6M Series A
Bunker, a startup broker focused on independent contractors and small businesses, has raised $6 million in Series A funding that will help fuel product development and expansion. Hiscox and American ...
AIG Among Companies Offering Highest-Paying Internships
With 25 percent of the current insurance workforce expected to retire by 2018, leaving 400,000 open positions for which there are no ready replacements, insurers need to look for ways to entice the ...
Cyber Insurance Was Profitable in 2016, Even With Higher Loss Ratios: Aon Benfield
Cyber insurance may be a fast-changing and relatively new market, but it was profitable in 2016 despite higher loss ratios, according to a new Aon Benfield report. The U.S. market combined ratio for ...