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The Latest Launches From Chubb and EverQuote
Chubb is now selling small business insurance for the food service industry. Online insurance marketplace EverQuote said it is expanding into health insurance and renters insurance, building on its ...
W.R. Berkley Corp. Hires Former AIG Exec Fenster to Run Commercial Transportation Insurance Arm
A former AIG executive has joined W.R. Berkley Corp. to lead a new commercial transportation insurance division backed by data and analytics technology. Jeanne Fenster will be president of Berkley ...
Florida Opens the Door to Self-Driving Vehicles
Self-driving vehicles with no humans on board will be able to operate in Florida – once they're finally ready for prime time – under a bill signed recently by Gov. Ron DeSantis. DeSantis said he ...
Dutch Agency Warns State-Backed Cyber Espionage Is Becoming Escalating Threat
The Dutch intelligence agency (AIVD) on Thursday warned of the escalating threat of state-backed cyber espionage, saying the Netherlands was particularly vulnerable as a hub for international ...
Executives On The Move at AIG and Its Blackboard Insurance Division
American International Group hired an executive to fill the new position of Global Head of Shared Services. AIG's Blackboard Insurance hired someone to be its new head of Growth and ...
Happy National Insurance Awareness Day
Has it really been a year since we last celebrated National Insurance Awareness Day? To properly celebrate the holiday, I have included a few words of appreciation about my favorite industry. Thanks ...
U.S. P/C Net Income Soared by Nearly 70 Percent in 2018, as Cat Losses Dropped
The U.S. property/casualty industry saw its net income grow in 2018 by nearly 70 percent from the previous year, thanks to lower catastrophe losses, favorable development of prior years' loss ...
Swiss Re’s Proposed Spinoff of ReAssure Valued at Up to $4.2B
UK life assurance business ReAssure will be valued at up to 3.3 billion pounds ($4.2 billion) when it floats on the London Stock Exchange, its largest shareholder Swiss Re said on Thursday. Swiss Re, ...