All the headlines from our Market Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 23 2021 // Home insurtech Hippo is jumping into the commercial insurance market.The California-based managing general agency startup said its expansion will focus on “targeted commercial insurance” customers. Its first...
Jul 19 2021 // If the COVID-19 pandemic taught me anything, it’s that humanity and empathy need to be the most important part of what we do in insurance. I believe that always putting the customer first will be the not-so-secret to...
Jul 16 2021 // In the wake of massive protests last year focused on racial equity and social justice, insurers are among the many industries confronting the need to incorporate more diversity into their hiring and business practices....
Jul 16 2021 // Robust global economic recovery, higher risk awareness and the strongest rate hardening for 20 years in non-life insurance commercial lines will combine to push premiums 10% above pre-COVID-19-crisis levels this year,...
Jul 15 2021 // Coalition, the San Francisco-based cyber insurance and security company, announced it will enter the excess cyber insurance market in Canada to help protect businesses with enhanced coverage.With the coverage, Coalition...
Jul 9 2021 // Consilium, the London-based insurance and reinsurance broker, part of the Aventum Group, has unveiled “Exponential,” a new global delegated underwriting authority (DUA) service for coverholders, which aims to...
Jul 7 2021 // In the past few weeks, ransomware criminals claimed as trophies at least three North American insurance brokerages that offer policies to help others survive the very network-paralyzing, data-pilfering extortion attacks...
Jul 1 2021 // HX, the data analytics and advisory division of London-based Howden Group Holdings, announced the launch of NOVA, a first of its kind insurance business intelligence platform, which enables users to better understand the...
Jun 24 2021 // His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales launched his Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) Insurance Task Force during a visit today at Lloyd’s.The SMI Insurance Task Force, convened by Prince Charles and chaired by...
Jun 21 2021 // It is not the best of times for the construction industry and its insurers. But neither is it the worst of times.The construction industry continues to face labor shortages, rising costs, supply chain woes and lingering...
Jun 7 2021 // Florida has 90,000 private flood insurance policies in force now– a 300% increase since passing legislation to encourage private insurers to offer the coverage in 2014, according to Florida Insurance Commissioner...
Jun 4 2021 // With the cyber risk hazard environment—ransomware, business interruption and aggregation—worsening significantly, “prospects for the U.S. cyber insurance market are grim,” according to an AM Best...
May 27 2021 // AM Best’s composite of Florida property insurance companies hit five-year performance and surplus lows in 2020, and given persisting and significant market hurdles, companies will find sustaining current surplus...
May 27 2021 // Matt Hewitt joins the leading insurance services provider as Corporate Development Officer.EL DORADO HILLS, Calif., May 27, 2021 – Patra, a leading provider of technology-enabled services for the insurance industry,...
May 17 2021 // The ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to dampen the entertainment sector, but the industry and its insurance partners are gearing up for a comeback.In the U.S., the theatrical, home/mobile entertainment...
May 17 2021 // As insurance markets harden across most lines, many in the industry are looking at the impact of social inflation: Increased litigation, broader contract interpretations and larger jury and settlement awards are driving up...
May 17 2021 // It is important to step back and take a 30,000-foot view of the macro context of today’s public policy challenges — specifically, the new tidal wave of socio-environmental awareness that the U.S. is...
May 3 2021 // North American buyers of commercial property/casualty insurance can expect an “ever-so-slight turn for the better” and a “less difficult marketplace” in the months ahead.However, global broker...
Apr 23 2021 // North American buyers of commercial property/casualty insurance can expect an “ever-so-slight turn for the better” and a “less difficult marketplace” in the months ahead.However, global broker...
Apr 21 2021 // Appalachian Underwriters, Inc. (AUI) has partnered with life insurance provider Ethos to offer the coverage via the fintech’s online platform.Agents can now quote customers’ life insurance without medical...