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Global Insurance Regulators Delay Applying ‘Too Big to Fail’ Label to Carriers
Global insurance regulators will put off singling out insurers deemed so important to the financial system that they are required to hold extra capital, in a victory for companies such as American ...
Executives On The Move at Liberty Mutual, Hamilton Re and Willis Towers Watson
Liberty Mutual Insurance appointed four executives who will beef up the technology capabilities of its chief information officer. Hamilton Re hired away a Hiscox Re executive to fill a newly created ...
J&J Cleared of Talc Cancer Liability in California Jury Trial
A California jury on Wednesday cleared Johnson & Johnson of liability in a case involving a woman who alleged that the company's talc-based products, including its baby powder, contain asbestos ...
Hippo, Seller of Online Homeowners Insurance, Attracts $70M in New Financing
Hippo, a provider of super-quick homeowners insurance, said it has pulled in a new $70 million financing round designed to fuel an ongoing expansion of its customer-focused online products and ...
With an Eye on Avoiding Financial-Market Chaos, EU Unveils No-Deal Brexit Plans
The European Union pledged to allow U.K. financial infrastructure firms such as London Stock Exchange Group Plc's clearing unit to continue serving the bloc in the event of a no-deal Brexit. The ...
National General Will Buy QBE North America’s Farmers Union Business
QBE North America plans to sell its Farmers Union Insurance business to National General Holdings Corp. for an undisclosed price. The sale reflects QBE North America's ongoing effort to pare down and ...
The Latest Launches From Root and GuideOne
Root Insurance said it will start giving its customers who prove they're not using cellphones while driving additional savings on their insurance policies. GuideOne Insurance debuted an online ...
A New Specialty Biz Emerges From Marsh’s Pending $5.6B Acquisition of JLT
Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. is forming Marsh-JLT Specialty, a new business within the company that combines the specialty teams of Marsh and the broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc. Marsh ...