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Lemonade Wins Right to Use Signature Pink in France
Lemonade said it has won one battle in its ongoing fight to use its signature pink in the European Union. The digital insurer said it came out on top in a key ruling against Deutsche Telekom ...
Cyber Insurers Reduce Scope of Offerings as Ransomware Attacks Climb
Ransomware attacks increased in terms of both severity and costs this year, forcing insurers to become more selective and even scale back on the cover they offer against cyber crimes, a report from a ...
Lloyd’s Takes Step to End Insurance and Investments in Coal
The Lloyd's market is moving to end its insurance of coal and oil sands businesses while at the same time ceasing investments in such carbon-producing assets by Jan. 1, 2022. As part of its plan to ...
High-End Home Insurance MGA Openly Secures $40M VC Round for National Expansion
Openly, an InsurTech MGA focused on high-end homeowners insurance, raised a $40 million round of venture capital from multiple investors. The new investment will fuel a national expansion, hiring and ...
Insurance M&A Rebounds, With Trend Continuing Into 2021: PwC
Insurance M&A deals rebounded from COVID-19 challenges in the second half of 2020. The trend should continue well into 2021 as companies unload non-core assets and purse cost-effective ...
Executives On The Move at AXIS Insurance and Tokio Marine HCC
Four insurance industry veterans joined AXIS Insurance as senior underwriters within its U.S. Excess and Surplus Property team. Tokio Marine HHC named a new vice president of Cyber and Tech ...
Small Commercial Customers Largely Unaware of Insurer Pandemic Protection Efforts: J.D. Power
If commercial insurance providers are pursuing pandemic-fueled efforts to help their small business customers, many are largely unaware of their efforts, J.D. Power determined as part of a new ...
Former Argo CEO Watson Pays $450K to SEC Over Failure to Disclose $5.3M in Perks
The Securities and Exchange Commission has settled with former Argo Group chief executive officer and president Mark Watson III over his role in the firm's failure to disclose more than $5.3 million ...