U.S.
Strong E&S Premium Growth in Response to Weak Results; Top 15 E&S Writers: Fitch
Direct written premiums in the U.S. excess and surplus (E&S) lines market during 2018 grew at its greatest rate since 2012, increasing 11 percent and representing the eighth consecutive year of ...
The Latest Launches From Munich Re/HSB and Slice Labs/Duuo
Munich Re's Hartford Steam Boiler launched a new sensor product focused on cellular Internet of Things technology. Slice Labs, an on-demand insurance cloud platform provider, disclosed the fruits of ...
MGM Will Pay Nearly $800M to Vegas Mass Shooting Victims by Late 2020
MGM Resorts International agreed to pay as much as $800 million to settle most claims arising from the October 2017 mass shooting at one of its properties on the Las Vegas Strip. The company expects ...
Tesla’s Summon-Your-Car Feature Draws Attention of U.S. Safety Regulator
The top U.S. road-safety regulator is gathering information about a Tesla Inc. feature that allows customers to remotely call for their car to pick them up. The National Highway Traffic Safety ...
Tokio Marine to Grab PURE Group in $3.1B Deal
Tokio Marine Holdings Inc will buy insurer PURE Group for about $3.1 billion, it said on Thursday, marking its fourth sizable acquisition in the United States in a little over a decade. Japanese ...
New Hampshire Is Most Affordable State for Auto Insurance: J.D. Power
The average cost of auto insurance has risen at twice the rate of median household incomes across the U.S. over the past decade, according to the J.D. Power 2019 U.S. Insurance Shopping Study. Not ...
Practical Ways to Make InsurTech Work: ITC Panel
InsurTech is grabbing the attention of carriers and agencies alike, but the level of change it promises also causes anxiety. At the 2019 InsureTech Connect Conference in Las Vegas on Sept. 25, ...
Global Insurance Accelerator Boosts Seed Funding for Participating InsurTechs
The Global Insurance Accelerator said it is nearly doubling its seed funding for participating InsurTechs, starting with companies accepted into the program in 2020. A desire to stay competitive is ...