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UK Insurer Admiral Group Mulls Sale of Price Comparison Platform
UK car and home insurer Admiral Group Plc is considering a potential sale of its price comparison platform Penguin Portals, according to people familiar with the matter. The FTSE 100 company is ...
Businesses That Remained Opened Despite Shutdown Could Face Questions About Coverage
Insurers are already seeing some pushback regarding virus-related claim denials from businesses that suffered losses while closed due to the pandemic, but what about claims a business could file if ...
Cyber Security, Intergenerational Imbalances Among Swiss Re’s New Emerging Risks to Watch
Pandemic threats were once on the list of potential emerging risks facing the insurance industry and society. Now that this risk has materialized with the COVID-19 crisis, it is perhaps a good time ...
Insurers Distance Themselves From Controversial Australian Coal Mine Amid Global Backlash
Global insurance companies linked to Adani's Carmichael coal mine in Australia are distancing themselves from the controversial development, as pressure mounts on financial institutions to cut their ...
U.S. Carriers Beat Back Coronavirus Claims With Massive Cost Estimates
U.S. property and casualty insurers have cast the coronavirus pandemic as an unprecedented event whose massive cost to small businesses they are neither able nor required to cover. The industry has ...
Planck Raises $16 Million for Data Platform; Nationwide Becomes an Investor
Nationwide, eyeing the possibilities with Planck's AI-driven commercial insurance data platform, joined the company's latest financing round. Planck recently raised $16 million in a Series B venture ...
Senate Republicans Draft Bill to Enable Broad Coronavirus Employer Liability Shield
Senate Republicans are drafting legislation that would let employers choose which government coronavirus safety guidelines to follow in order to be shielded from lawsuits if their customers or ...
In a Close Race, Auto Insurance Customers Prefer Company Websites Over Agents
Remember all the talk that digital transformation would disrupt the auto insurance industry? Well, it's real, according to the consultants at J.D. Power. The firm says its 2020 U.S. Auto Insurance ...