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Markel to Grab SureTech Financial Corp. for $250M
Markel Corp. will snatch up SureTec Financial Corp. for $250 million, in an acquisition deal designed to give it a leg up in the surety business. The purchase agreement is inclusive of a three-year ...Chubb CEO Greenberg Warns ‘Shutting Our Doors to Immigration Is a Mistake’
Chubb Chairman and CEO Evan Greenberg has criticized recent efforts by new U.S. President Donald Trump to restrict immigration, and also expressed concern for nationalist and protectionist sentiment ...
W.R. Berkley CEO Chides P/C Companies for Fighting Change
W.R. Berkley Corp.'s president and CEO chided the property/casualty insurance industry for being slow to change and embrace technology to improve efficiency and meet customer demands. "We continue to ...
Prediction: Travel Insurance Could See 5 Percent Growth in 2017
Travelers insurance sales could grow as much as 5 percent in 2017 due, in part, to an expected increase in vacation travel and more worries about international terrorism, a division of Berkshire ...
Group Calls for Cutting-Edge Tech Infusion in U.S. Flood Insurance Program Revamp
A U.S. flood insurance program that is drowning in billions of dollars in debt can be modernized to bolster its finances while curbing the public's exposure to flood risks, a national coalition said ...
Disney to Fork Over $100M In No-Poaching Lawsuit Resolution
Walt Disney Co. agreed to pay $100 million to resolve claims it colluded with other animation studios to not hire one another's workers in California, where allegations of no-poaching pacts have ...
Volkswagen Will Pay $1.2B to Resolve U.S. Consumer Diesel Engine Claims
Volkswagen AG agreed to pay $1.2 billion to resolve U.S. consumer claims over tainted large diesel engines, adding to the carmaker's financial burden as it works through a pile of legal challenges ...
W.R Berkley’s Q4 Produced Both Higher Investment Income and Cat Losses
W.R. Berkley's 2016 fourth quarter was a productive one despite higher catastrophe losses, with soaring investment income and a steady increase in premiums. The insurer reported nearly $153 million ...