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Markel Puts CATCo into Run-Off, Launches New Retrocessional ILS Platform
Markel Corp. announced it is putting its Bermuda insurance linked securities unit Markel CATCo into run-off and also launching a new retrocessional ILS fund platform that will be ready to write ...
Insurers Wave Caution Flag at New Auto Safety Technology
Automakers are accelerating the rollout of technology designed to avoid crashes, but insurance companies are waving a caution flag at consumers eyeing discounts for buying collision-avoiding brakes ...
J&J Combats Lawsuits Alleging Cancer-Causing Baby Powder by Attacking the Science
Johnson & Johnson, seeking to head off claims by thousands of women that its iconic Baby Powder caused their cancer, took aim at some of the science cited in lawsuits alleging the company's ...
Executives See the Pace of Change as a Significant Emerging Risk: Gartner
Executive in multiple industries are anxious about keeping up with change, even as they struggle to take significant action to address this concern. In fact, they rank keeping up with the pace of ...
The Latest Launches From CSAA Insurance Group and Aon
CSAA Insurance Group is partnering with an analytics startup in order to improve its home inspections and boost the quality of its underwriting. Aon said it has partnered with an InsurTech digital ...
California Utility Expects to Make $4.8B Initial Contribution to Wildfire Fund
Power producer PG&E Corp said on Thursday its initial contribution to California's wildfire fund would be about $4.8 billion, and annual contribution about $193 million. The company said ...
Global Insured Losses From Natural Disasters Reached $20B in H1: Aon
Global insured losses from natural disasters during the 2019 first half reached an estimated $20 billion, according to Aon's "Global Catastrophe Recap: First Half of 2019." The report noted that the ...
W.R. Berkley Rate Increases Fuel Robust Q2 Net Income and Premiums Written
Rate increases are a big factor behind W.R. Berkley Corp.'s mostly stellar Q2, with the insurer and reinsurer reporting a robust jump in net income, net investment income and premiums written. ...