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A Hardening P/C Insurance Market Has Accelerated and Gone Global: Chubb CEO Greenberg
It is becoming increasingly clear that a hardening property/casualty insurance market has accelerated and gone global after initial signs first materialized earlier in 2019, Chubb Chairman and CEO ...
Facebook Agrees to Pay Record $5B to Settle Privacy Violation Claims
Facebook Inc. agreed to pay a record $5 billion to resolve a U.S. investigation into years of privacy violations, a settlement that increases the board of directors' responsibility for protecting ...
The Latest Launches From Hiscox, Roost and AXA XL
Hiscox has a new security product designed to help protect shipping targeted by nation states. A small carrier in North Dakota will start offering home telematics products from Roost. AXA XL's U.S. ...
Hippo Pulls in $100M Financing Round; Broader U.S. Expansion Planned
Hippo Insurance said it has secured a $100 million financing round that will help propel a broader U.S. expansion of its super-quick online homeowners insurance. Global technology investment firm ...
Equifax Customers Will Struggle to Get Claims Properly Addressed
Consumers affected by the massive Equifax Inc data breach in 2017 will not reap any windfalls from the credit reporting company's $700 million U.S. settlement announced on Monday, but may face a ...
Travelers CEO Schnitzer: ‘Lots of Levers’ Can Be Pulled to Keep Improving Margins
The Travelers Companies CEO Alan Schnitzer reassured analysts that the insurer "has lots of levers" it can pull to keep improving margins and profitability, even though its combined ratio ticked ...
Price Increases Boost Chubb’s Premiums but Net Income Dips Slightly
Chubb's saw its net income dip slightly and its P/C combined ratio nudge higher during the 2019 second quarter, but price increases led to solid premium gains. "This quarter was about growth and ...
Lyft Releases Self-Driving Tech Data in Bid to Speed Its Development
Lyft Inc. is making research data on self-driving technology available to the public in a bid to accelerate the development of robotic cars, which is seen as critical to the ride-hailing giant's ...