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Insurers, Agents Both Want More Connectivity and Digital Collaboration
Both agents and insurers express strong support for agent-insurer connectivity and digital collaboration in distribution and servicing. Nearly 90 percent of insurers believe it would be useful to ...
Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Makes Major Investments in Verizon, Chevron
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Tuesday announced two major new investments, revealing an $8.6 billion stake in the phone company Verizon Communications Inc and a $4.1 billion stake in oil ...
Executives On The Move at AXIS and Beazley
AXIS Insurance hired a new underwriting executive for its Small Specialty Commercial division. Specialist insurer Beazley appointed two underwriters in the U.S. to write Deadly Weapons Protection ...
AIG’s P/C Business Books $171M Underwriting Loss
American International Group's property/casualty business booked a $171 million underwriting loss in the 2020 fourth quarter, barely a year after the insurer celebrated the division's return to ...
The Latest Launches From Munich Re/HSB and J.D. Power
Munich Re's HSB has started marketing workplace violence insurance coverage for small to mid-sized businesses. In addition, J.D. Power is launching a real-time auto insurance customer loyalty ...
Lloyd’s Construction Specialists Embrace Proposed U.S. Infrastructure Boom
Construction insurance specialists at Lloyd's of London are hoping to see more U.S. business from increased government investment in infrastructure projects in 2021. That will be welcome after a ...
Spurned Buyer: CoreLogic Discloses Unsolicited Bid After Already Accepting Another Offer
CoreLogic disclosed it has received an unsolicited bid from a rival, two weeks after the data and analytics firm agreed to a $6 billion acquisition from two private equity firms. CoStar Group, a ...
AIG’s Zaffino Will Succeed Duperreault as CEO on March 1
American International Group (AIG) has officially named Peter Zaffino as chief executive officer, succeeding Brian Duperreault, AIG's current CEO, who will become executive chairman of the board. ...