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Renewable Energy Insurers Optimistic Despite Market Challenges

Risk & Insurance

Renewable energy insurers remain optimistic despite challenges, as the industry adapts to support the transition to a net-zero future, according to a report by WTW. The post

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

Five Takeaways After 13 Month Global High Temperature Streak Ends

Carrier Management

Five Takeaways After 13 Month Global High Temperature Streak Ends After 13 months of what felt like an...

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

North Dakota to Vote on Recreational Marijuana Legalization in November Election

Insurance Journal

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana in North Dakota has qualified for the November election, the state’s top election official said Monday. That sets up another vote on the issue in the conservative stat...

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

Tornado Havoc Has Ohio Residents Facing Week-Long Power Cuts

Insurance Journal

Thousands of FirstEnergy Corp.’s customers in Ohio will potentially be without power through this after two tornadoes hit the northeastern part of the state last Tuesday. About 252,000 customers of The Illuminating Company were still experienci...

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

North Dakota Commissioner Urges Property Damage Assessment After Flash Floods

Insurance Journal

In the wake of flash flooding in the Bismarck-Mandan area, North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread is reminding residents to take immediate steps to assess and document any property damage and to review their insurance policies to understand...

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

People Moves: FTI Consulting Names Thompson Senior Managing Director

Insurance Journal

FTI Consulting, Inc., headquartered in Washington, appointed Thomas Thompson as a senior managing director in Houston Thompson has more than three decades of experience in the construction and engineering industries. Before joining FTI, he was a mana...

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

Russian Court Orders $1.2B of Linde UK Assets Be Frozen

Insurance Journal

A Russian court has ordered that assets worth around $1.15 billion of a British subsidiary of German industrial gases company Linde be frozen in a dispute over a gas processing plant, court filings showed on Wednesday. RusChemAlliance, which filed th...

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

Consumers’ Refusal to Keep Paying Higher Prices May Halt Inflation Spike

Insurance Journal

The great inflation spike of the past three years is nearly spent — and economists credit American consumers for helping slay it. Some of America’s largest companies, from Amazon to Disney to Yum Brands, say their customers are increasingly see...

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

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Posted: Aug 14, 2024

Progressive further reduces property loss estimates for May storms

Reinsurance News

US primary insurer Progressive’s property business loss estimate reduced by $60.4 million in the month of July, reflecting further development on the May storms. Back in June, property and auto-focused insurance group Progressive announced n...

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

People Moves: Accredited Taps SCOR’s McMurdo to Lead UK, European Operations; Aon Promotes Barcock t...

Insurance Journal

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at program manager Accredited UK & Europe and insurance broker Aon. A summary of these new hires follows here. Accredited Taps SCOR’s McMurdo to Lead Its UK and European Operat...

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

AssuredPartners’ Erica Carr Discusses Risk Management Needs in the Transportation Industry

Risk & Insurance

“The insurance industry has become black and white, which distances it from the reality that consumers face. Algorithms control premiums and appetites have become too hardened.” The post

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

Georgia Investment Manager Charged with Siphoning $6M from GEICO

Insurance Journal

A Georgia grand jury has indicted an investment manager, charging that he diverted almost $6 million from GEICO Insurance for his own use. Dwayne Peterson Davis, 54, of Atlanta, was a business partner with GEICO in a multimillion-dollar commercial de...

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

What Latest Inflation Report Shows Overall and for Auto Insurance, Medical Costs

Insurance Journal

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 0.2 percent in July, after declining 0.1 percent in June. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 2.9 percent. The core consumer …

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

Floods Threaten Europe as Searing Heat Gives Way to Storms

Insurance Journal

Extreme heat in parts of Spain and France is giving way to storms and flood warnings, while Greece is bracing for more blazes after the huge wildfire near Athens was brought under control. Orange alerts are in place for a …

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

Oliver Wyman to collaborate with AKA Consulting in the Cayman Islands

Reinsurance News

Oliver Wyman, a global management consulting firm and a business of Marsh McLennan, has announced a collaboration agreement with AKA Consulting, an actuarial and risk consulting firm based in the Cayman Islands. Through this collaboration, Oliver...

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

HSB adds WINT Water Intelligence to leak detection portfolio

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Systems will help monitor and prevent water damage in construction, commercial, and industrial locations.

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

Lifeco warns shareholders of unsolicited mini-tender offer by Okello Ltd

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Great-West Lifeco is a Canadian headquartered, international financial services holding company.

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

Homesteaders finalizes investment in Park Lawn

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Deal transitions the funeral and cemetery company to private ownership.

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

Progressive reports 88% CR for July

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The company reported a net income of $813.5 million.

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

James River reports strong Q2’24 results, driven by E&S segment growth

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Over 80,000 submissions were sold during the second quarter, continuing the strong trends seen in recent quarters.

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

Cowbell adds insurance veteran Stephen Moss to Board of Directors

Reinsurance News

Cowbell, a cyber insurance provider for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), has announced the appointment of insurance veteran Stephen Moss to its Board of Directors. Moss brings three decades of industry experience and is currently Group H...

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

An Estimated 290 Residences Damaged by Flooding From Lake Dammed by Alaska Glacier

Insurance Journal

Roughly 290 residences in Alaska’s capital city were damaged last week by flooding from a lake dammed by the Mendenhall Glacier, officials said. In addition to the homes and apartment and condo units, at least two businesses were damaged, Deput...

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

American Integrity extends coverage to additional South Carolina homeowners

Reinsurance News

American Integrity Insurance, a regional provider of property insurance, has announced that it now offers coverage for homes up to 75 years old in South Carolina. Since entering the South Carolina market in 2022, the company has been steadily expa...

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

More than 2.6 million homes across 14 US states at moderate to very high risk of wildfire damage, Co...

Reinsurance News

More than 2.6 million homes across 14 US states are at moderate to very high risk of wildfire damage during 2024’s wildfire season, with a total reconstruction cost of $1.3 trillion, according to a new report from CoreLogic, a provider of pr...

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

People Moves: Chubb Appoints Ohsiek, Hagan and Le to Key Finance Posts

Insurance Journal

Chubb Appoints Ohsiek Chief Accounting Officer, Hagan CFO of Operations and Le as Chief Auditor Chubb made three executive appointments effective Sept. 4. Chubb appointed George Ohsiek as vice president and chief accounting officer of the Chubb Group...

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

Reinsurers could cover around 4/5th’s of losses related to Hurricane Beryl in the Caribbean

Reinsurance News

Reinsurers are expected to cover around four-fifths of the loss in insured property damage caused by Hurricane Beryl in the Caribbean, which is estimated US$500-million, according to Ian Chinapo, Head of Guardian Holdings Limited (GHL), a local in...

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

Insured Losses From UK Riots Will Be Manageable, With Claims Below £250M: Report

Carrier Management

Insured Losses From UK Riots Will Be Manageable, With Claims Bel...

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

Taylor Swift Cancellations Deal Blow to Insurers: Sources

Carrier Management

Taylor Swift Cancellations Deal Blow to Insurers: Sources Insurers face millions...

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

Allstate to Sell Employer Voluntary Benefits Business to StanCorp for $2 Billion

Carrier Management

Allstate to Sell Employer Voluntary Benefits Business to StanCorp for $2 Billion Insurer Allstate has agreed...

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

Texas Sues GM for Allegedly Collecting Drivers’ Data, Then Selling it to Insurers

Insurance Journal

General Motors GM.N has been sued by the state of Texas, which accused the automaker of installing technology on more than 14 million vehicles to collect data about drivers, which it then sold to insurers and other companies without drivers’ &#...

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

ILS market set records in H1’24, remains an attractive relative value option: Swiss Re

Reinsurance News

After a record 2023, the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market again set records in the first half of 2024, with strong catastrophe bond issuance on the back of robust demand from investors, as the secondary market experienced record high tradi...

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

While reinsurance appetite increases, ILS investors appetite in wildfire-exposed transactions remain...

Reinsurance News

As the California property market experiences a dynamic and challenging time, it faces an escalating risk of wildfires, a peril that needs multiple perspectives in order to understand it, experts stated during Guy Carpenter’s recent Californ...

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

Tropical Storm Ernesto Drenches Puerto Rico on Path Northward

Insurance Journal

Tropical Storm Ernesto pounded Puerto Rico with torrential rain and winds as it brushed by the island on a track that’s likely to see it become a hurricane later Wednesday. Ernesto was about 85 miles (135 kilometers) north-northwest of San &#82...

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

Aditya V. Tibrewala named as CEO, Sompo Thailand

Reinsurance News

Sompo, a global provider of commercial and consumer property, casualty, and specialty re/insurance, has appointed Aditya V. Tibrewala as Chief Executive Officer of Sompo Insurance (Thailand) PCL (Sompo Thailand), effective immediately. He will con...

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

Allstate to Sell Employer Voluntary Benefits Business to StanCorp for $2 Billion

Insurance Journal

Insurer Allstate has agreed to sell its subsidiaries that provide employer voluntary benefits to StanCorp Financial Group (The Standard) in a $2 billion cash deal, the company said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday. The deal comes at a time …

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

Amwins launches flood insurance to protect US golf courses from revenue loss

Reinsurance News

Amwins, a distributor of specialty insurance products and services, has launched the “Tees-to-Green” flood insurance programme in partnership with Floodbase and supported by highly-rated carriers. This programme is designed to cover US...

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

Conifer Holdings sees 57.5% decline in GWP in Q2’24

Reinsurance News

In their results for the second quarter of 2024, Conifer Holdings has reported a 57.5% decrease in gross written premiums (GWP), falling to $19.0 million, compared to the $44.7 million figure from the second quarter of 2023. According to the firm,...

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

Acrisure’s Eleven Network reveals its new leadership team

Reinsurance News

Global insurance broker Acrisure has announced a new leadership team for the Eleven Network, its UK-based retail insurance broking network. Jeff Hobson has been appointed CEO of Eleven Network, joining from Burns & Wilcox, where he previously...

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

South Korean Alarm Over EV Fires Puts Spotlight on Safety Concerns

Insurance Journal

South Korea is urging automakers operating in the country to disclose the manufacturer of batteries used in electric vehicles (EV) as authorities try to calm fears over fires involving EVs, after a recent blaze in an underground parking lot that &#82...

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

South Korean Alarm Over EV Battery Fires Puts Spotlight on Safety Concerns

Insurance Journal

South Korea is urging automakers operating in the country to disclose the manufacturer of batteries used in electric vehicles (EV) as authorities try to calm fears over fires involving EVs, after a recent blaze in an underground parking lot that &#82...

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

UK Insurer Aviva Beats Earnings Forecasts on Home, Motor Insurance Price Hikes

Insurance Journal

British insurer Aviva beat first-half profit expectations following a rise in general insurance premiums in Britain and Ireland, and said on Wednesday it remained confident of meeting its 2026 targets. The life and general insurer, whose main busines...

Posted: Aug 14, 2024