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Top Shipping Insurance Group Won’t Cover Russia, Turkish Pipelines Over U.S. Sanctions Risk
The world's largest group of shipping insurers will not insure vessels involved in the Russian-led Nord Stream 2 and TurkStream gas pipeline projects because of the threat of U.S. sanctions. ...
Insurers May Slash Allocations for Hedge Fund Investments After Dismal Pandemic Performance
Having complained for years about hedge funds' high fees and lackluster performance, insurance firms may be preparing to cut allocations to the sector after its poor performance during recent market ...
Next Insurance Nails Down $250M Financing Round; $631M Pulled in to Date
Next Insurance secured another $250 million in financing designed to fuel continued national expansion of its digital small business insurance offerings. CapitalG, Alphabet/Google's independent ...
The Latest Launches From West Point Insurance Services, Axon and AAIS
West Point Insurance Services debuted a testing and automation service designed for smaller insurance carriers, managing general agents and program administrators. Axon Underwriting Services added ...
P/C Mutual Insurers Improved Results in 2019 Despite Heavy Competition
Despite a highly competitive property/casualty insurance industry and pressures on operating performance, U.S. mutual insurance companies reported continued improvement in underwriting performance in ...
Path Cleared for COVID-19 Business Interruption Suit in New Jersey
A second judge has ruled that a policyholder's COVID-19 business-interruption claim should proceed, marking an uncommon procedural win for business owners who have seen similar lawsuits dismissed by ...
Insurers, Banks Wait for Regulatory ‘Brexit’ Dividend in UK
Britain will adopt tough but less bureaucratic financial rules after Brexit, starting with simpler regulation of small banks, Bank of England Deputy Governor Sam Woods said on Tuesday. Britain will ...
Reinsurance Demand Rises, Along with Flight to Quality, Say Industry Experts
Not only has reinsurance buying increased, but there also has been a flight to quality reinsurers by ceding insurance companies, according to several reinsurers and brokers in recent webinars held in ...