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Berkley’s High-Net-Worth Personal Lines Brand Debuts
W.R. Berkley Corporation, among the latest companies to embrace the high-net-worth market, has debuted its new personal lines brand focused on the space. It's called Berkley One. The line is set to ...
China Broker CNinsure Changing Name to ‘Fanhua Inc.’
CNinsure Inc., a China-based insurance broker, will now be known as "Fanhua Inc." Shareholders voted to change the name during a Dec. 6 meeting. Alongside the name change, the Nasdaq ticker symbol ...
Xceedance Opens Operations Center in Poland
Xceedance said its new operations center in Poland is open for business. The property/casualty insurance technology, analytics and consulting services provider said the facility is designed to help ...
Executives On The Move at XL Group, CSAA and Great American
XL Group announced the appointment of a new chief investment officer. CSAA appointed a new chief risk officer. Great American promoted an executive to head its Environmental division. *** XL Group ...
Industrywide Webinar Urges Young P/C Professionals to Help Recruit Others
Insurance industry executives and groups working to attract millennials to the sector are now actively targeting their younger colleagues to help get the word out. On Dec. 2, the recruiting ...
RBS Agrees to Pay Up to $1B to Settle Investor Lawsuits Over 2008 Offering
Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc moved closer to clearing a backlog of charges for misconduct that have slowed its return to profitability, agreeing to pay as much as 800 million pounds ($1 billion) ...
P2P Startup Lemonade Closes $34M in New Financing From General Catalyst, Others
Lemonade nailed down $34 million in new venture financing, a crucial, second round of financing as the peer-to-peer InsurTech startup focuses on expanding and growing sales of its renters and ...
Updated: Liberty Mutual to Grab Specialty Insurer Ironshore for $3B
Liberty Mutual Insurance has agreed to snatch up specialty lines insurer Ironshore Inc. from Chinese conglomerate Fosun International Ltd. for about $3 billion. The planned acquisition, rumored for ...