All the headlines from our New Markets Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 10 2021 // Bell and Clements Inc., part of Munich Re Specialty Insurance (MRSI), is launching an Intellectual Property Legal Professional Liability (IPLPL) product specifically designed for law firms of all sizes with 65% or more of...
Jun 3 2021 // Brit Ltd. announced the creation of a marine consortium called “Keel,” which aims to revolutionize the writing of marine war and breach call risks.Keel offers up to $152.2 million of capacity per risk and...
Jun 1 2021 // Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson announced the launch of a Sports & Entertainment Industry Group to support sports & entertainment (S&E) organizations and entertainment professionals seeking to identify,...
May 24 2021 // Africa Specialty Risks (ASR), the pan-African focused managing general agent, announced the launch of its parametric division, alongside the appointment of Dr. Raveem Ismail as head of Parametric Underwriting and Ian...
May 21 2021 // Africa Specialty Risks (ASR), a reinsurance managing general agent focused on the African corporate and specialty market, announced it has launched a fully capitalized and licensed reinsurer based in Mauritius.Alongside...
May 19 2021 // Integrated Specialty Coverages (ISC), a multi-line program administrator that builds end-to-end insurance products with artificial intelligence (AI) engineering and data analytics, has launched a new general liability...
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 // In the early months of the pandemic last year, brokers just couldn’t place insurance for the entertainment industry. In late February 2020, underwriters began excluding communicable disease from all of the underlying...
May 11 2021 // Managing general agent Highland Insurance Solutions has launched a builders risk product available on admitted paper for construction owners, contractors, developers and homeowners.Available in 26 states, the coverage is...
May 4 2021 // IRVING, Tx., May 3, 2021 — Breckenridge Group has launched Breckenridge General Agency (BreckGen), a non-standard auto insurance managing general agency providing Texas insurance agents with a new outlet for affordable...
May 4 2021 // LONDON – Beat Capital Partners Ltd. and industry veteran Paul Shore have opened a new underwriting vehicle Tegron Specialty that will focus on directors and officers insurance for publicly traded companies, specializing...
May 4 2021 // India’s Choice Group has launched an insurance aggregator platform called ISMOS that will offer life, health and general insurance.Suyash Patodia, executive director of Choice Insurance Broking, calls ISMOS is a...
Apr 30 2021 // Madison, Wisconsin-based M3 Insurance (M3), an insurance broker and risk management firm with seven locations throughout Wisconsin and Illinois, has launched M3 Elevate (Elevate), a new division that encourages small...
Apr 28 2021 // Houston-based Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc. (Skyward Specialty) has launched its Healthcare Professional Liability practice led by Brenda Craig, April Gilcreast and Chantelle Burton.Underwriting will focus on...
Apr 27 2021 // Integrated Specialty Coverages (ISC), a multi-line program administrator that builds end-to-end insurance products with artificial intelligence (AI) engineering and data analytics, has launched its Vacant Property Program...
Apr 20 2021 // Lemonade, the insurance company that uses artificial intelligence and behavioral economics, plans to add car insurance to its current renters, homeowners, pet and life insurance offerings in the U.S.The insurtech announced...
Apr 20 2021 // JOHANNESBURG – The South African government’s compensation fund to cover potential injuries from COVID-19 vaccines could cost around 250 million rand ($17.5 million) in the first year, the health minister said in...
Apr 16 2021 // Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson has launched Radar Workbench, new software technology aims to transform the performance of frontline commercial underwriters.“Radar Workbench has been developed to provide the...
Apr 13 2021 // Simply Business, Inc., a Boston-based digital insurance agency offering small business owners access to insurance providers, has partnered with the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Risk Retention Group, Inc....
Apr 5 2021 // Zego, the London-based insurtech and commercial motor insurance provider, has launched two new flexible insurance products for moped and e-bike fleets in the UK.The new products, developed in partnership with Wakam, enable...