Markel News
The Latest Launches From Travelers, PURE and Markel
Travelers is offering an online system in the UK to provide quick management liability quotes. PURE has expanded its E&S homeowners coverage to South Carolina. Markel UK has introduced new ...
Markel Combines Wholesale and Global Arms Into Single Unit, With Efficiency in Mind
Markel Corp., in a bid to boost innovation and competitiveness, combined its Wholesale and Global arms into one entity to be known as Markel Assurance. Wholesale consists of excess and surplus lines ...
The Latest Launches From Farmers, PURE and Markel
Farmers Insurance launched a new roadside assistance program that works through a customer's cell phone. The Pure Group of Insurance Companies has expanded a key E&S program into South Carolina. ...
Nationwide, Markel, Munich Re Help Back Next Insurance’s $29M Funding Round
Digital Insurance startup Next Insurance nailed down $29 million in Series A funding, with an investor roster that underscores how many old-school carriers are hedging their bets on technology-fueled ...
2016 P/C Insurer Annual Statement Highlights: Immigrants, Brokers and the E-Street Band
We've been reviewing the annual reports of property/casualty insurers over the past few weeks to unearth interesting insights from executives and board chairmen. What follows is a subjective ...
The Latest Launches From Hiscox and Markel
A division of Hiscox is adding and expanding coverage for media and creative industries. Markel plans to join the surety market, with an initial rollout in the UK, Ireland and continental Europe. *** ...
Markel’s 2016 Saw Investment Income Gains, Higher Cat Losses
Markel Corp. ended 2016 with a drop in net income and increase in the combined ratio, with Hurricane Matthew and the Canadian wildfires to blame for higher catastrophe losses. At the same time, the ...
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 ...