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Time Lag Does Not End Insurer’s Duty to Defend, Court Rules

May 24 2023 // A federal court in New York has reiterated that a time lag between the date a trip-and-fall accident occurred and when the conduct alleged to have caused it took place does not itself relieve an insurer of its duty to...

Update: Activist Investor Cevian Sells Entire Stake in UK Insurer Aviva

May 24 2023 // Activist investor Cevian Capital has sold down its entire stake in British insurer Aviva, ending its campaign to drive up investor payouts at the FSTE 100 company.Cevian said in a statement that Amanda Blanc and her...

How Much Should Insurers Trust AI Chatbots?

May 24 2023 // Whether it’s underwriting, claims or customer service, it seems that artificial intelligence is top of mind for the insurance industry right now.William Bennett, partner at law firm Saxe, Doernberger & Vita, said...

Italian Insurer Unipol and SpaceX Join Forces to Help People Hit by Flooding

May 23 2023 // Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Unipol Gruppo agreed to join forces to help people hit by flooding in northern Italy connect to the Internet, facilitating rescue operations, the Italian insurer said on Saturday.Torrential...

Markets/Coverages: Sapiens to Integrate OpenAI for Insurers; WTW’s New Product for Intangible Assets; 2 New Construction Programs at Procore

May 23 2023 // Sapiens International Corporation, a global provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, announced an agreement to integrate Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service to harness the most advanced generative AI models...

Swiss Re Becomes Fourth Insurer to Leave Net Zero Group

May 23 2023 // Swiss Re is quitting the world’s main climate alliance for insurers, joining a growing exodus from the coalition of some of the industry’s biggest companies.The world’s second-largest reinsurer is now the...

Insurers Latest Target of U.S. AGs ESG Antitrust Concerns

May 22 2023 // Insurers and reinsurers who are members of the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA), received a letter from 23 attorneys general raising potential legal concerns that might arise from their commitment to collaborate with...

23 State Attorney Generals Concerned About Insurer Climate Commitments

May 18 2023 // Nearly two dozen GOP Attorney General offices sent a letter to the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance seeking documents and information over “legal concerns brought about by commitments to collaborate with other insurers in...

Top Cyber Insurers: 2022 Ranking Reveals Sprinters, Market Share Shifts

May 17 2023 // In a year when cyber insurers notched the third-lowest industrywide loss ratio since 2015, and cyber premiums vaulted to $7.2 billion, a premium ranking shows two carriers growing more than 150% to landing in prominent...

Washington Commissioner Fines Airbnb for Acting as Unauthorized Insurer

May 16 2023 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler fined Airbnb $20,000 for acting as an unauthorized insurer in the state.Kreidler also ordered the vacation rental company to obtain a surplus lines insurance policy to...

Property Insurer SageSure Turns ‘Unicorn’ After $250M Funding Round

May 16 2023 // SageSure became a “unicorn” after the U.S. property insurer raised $250 million in its latest funding round, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.A unicorn is a startup that is valued at or above $1...

Broadway Theaters, Insurer Agree to End COVID-19 Business Loss Claims

May 16 2023 // An owner of Broadway theaters and Pacific Indemnity Insurance Co. have voluntarily agreed to end their remaining litigation over COVID-19 coverage claims.Under the stipulation filed May 11, each party will bear its own...

AM Best: Only Two Impaired Insurers in ’22, Down From 10 in ’21

May 16 2023 // Despite the reversal seen in the U.S. equity market and rising inflation and interest rates, P/C insurers performed well in 2022, according to the latest report on the long-term impairment rates of AM Best-rated,...

Some Florida Insurers Stop Altering Adjuster Reports, But Many Claims Still Not Paid

May 16 2023 // Even before the Florida Legislature adopted the Insurer Accountability Act of 2023, requiring insurers to stop altering independent adjusters’ damage estimates without providing transparency, a number of Florida...

Hedge Fund Manager Loeb Drops Buyout of $1.5B Re/insurer SiriusPoint

May 15 2023 // Hedge fund manager Dan Loeb said he’s no longer exploring an acquisition of specialist insurance underwriter SiriusPoint Ltd.Loeb held exploratory discussions with Bermuda-based SiriusPoint about a potential deal to...

7th Circuit: D&O Insurer Must Pay Settlement for Drugmaker’s Kickback Case

May 9 2023 // Federal Insurance Co. must pay the $10 million policy limit in a directors and officers policy issued to Astellas Pharma, despite the carrier’s assertion that Illinois public policy forbids it from reimbursing the...

South Africa’s State-Owned Insurer Won’t Pay Claims for Grid Collapse

May 8 2023 // South Africa Special Risk Insurance Association told clients it won’t pay claims for damage related to a collapse of the national electricity grid, Business Day reported, citing a circular from the company.The...

Dog-Related Injuries Cost Insurers More Than $1 Billion in 2022

May 8 2023 // Insurers paid out more than $1 billion in dog-related injury claims in 2022, a 28% increase over 2021 even though the number of claims decreased last year, according to the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) and...

W.R. Berkley CEO Says Insurer Isn’t Going to Chase D&O Market ‘Down the Drain’

May 8 2023 // W.R. Berkley Corp. President and CEO Robert Berkley said the insurer is not going to follow the directors and officers market “down the drain.”During a call with analysts to discuss first quarter earnings,...

Texas Court: Exxon Covered by Contractor’s Excess Insurers

May 8 2023 // Two excess insurers may be liable for the more than $20 million that ExxonMobil Corp. paid to settle lawsuits filed by a contractor’s employees who were badly burned while working at an Exxon refinery, the Texas...