All the headlines from our New Markets Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 26 2021 // SiriusPoint Ltd., the Bermuda-based international specialty insurance and reinsurance company, has launched today with more than $3 billion in initial capital.The company was created from the merger of specialty reinsurer...
Feb 25 2021 // Newly launched specialty lines insurer, Dallas-based Upland Capital Group (Upland), has added an Excess Transportation Liability (XTL) specialty insurance offering targeting fleet sizes up to 250 revenue producing...
Feb 24 2021 // Michael Furtschegger has been appointed as global head of Entertainment at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), reporting directly to Dr. Renate Strasse, AGCS SE board member and chief underwriting officer...
Feb 24 2021 // Willis Towers Watson and Liberty Specialty Markets have partnered to offer reputational crisis insurance that enables organizations to transfer the financial risk associated with certain types of reputational crises and...
Feb 18 2021 // HSB, part of Munich Re, has created a new workplace violence insurance coverage for small to mid-size businesses, providing counseling, crisis communications, lost business income and security services to help companies...
Feb 11 2021 // Kin, an insurance technology company, has launched its landlord insurance plans in the Florida market.Kin’s landlord insurance applies to property owners who rent out their detached homes and townhouses. It also...
Feb 10 2021 // Financial holding company Ambac Financial Group has launched Everspan Group, capitalized with more than $100 million, to focus on writing specialty program insurance business.Everspan Group’s insurance companies...
Feb 8 2021 // McGriff has launched a new product that gives freight brokers the ability to purchase excess auto liability coverage online.TripExcess is a per-shipment excess liability product that will allow shippers, 3PL/brokers and...
Feb 8 2021 // The insurer that targets members of the military and veterans, USAA, is going to start writing its own small business insurance policies for the first time.The company will initially offer the coverage in five states...
Feb 4 2021 // Mosaic, a Bermuda-based global specialty insurer, has launched operations in Bermuda, London, the United States and Asia, along with a newly formed Lloyd’s syndicate.Operating with initial capitalization of $185...
Feb 3 2021 // AXA XL’s North America Construction business has launched builders risk insurance programs to address mass timber project risks for construction clients.Mass timber building materials, which includes cross laminated...
Feb 3 2021 // Branch Insurance, based in Columbus, Ohio, has expanded into Indiana.Using technology and automation, the company offers bundled home and auto insurance online. Branch’s entry into Indiana marks the company’s...
Jan 28 2021 // The insurer that targets members of the military and veterans, USAA, is going to start writing its own small business insurance policies for the first time.The company will initially offer the coverage in five states –...
Jan 25 2021 // Upland Capital Group (Upland), a Dallas-based specialty insurance business led by long-time insurance and investment executives has opened for business.Upland is funded through an equity investment of up to $200 million...
Jan 20 2021 // Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has launched new terrorism insurance coverage in the German market, effective immediately.Since LSM entered the market in 2018, business written used...
Jan 14 2021 // Global insurance broker Marsh has unveiled for the second time its group of Cyber Catalyst designated products and services judged by leading cyber insurers to be effective in combating significant cyber risks, including...
Jan 13 2021 // Core Specialty Insurance Holdings and its subsidiaries have partnered with Lancer Management Co. to provide excess liability limits for qualified local, intermediate and long haul trucking accounts as well as general...
Jan 12 2021 // Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson has introduced two new cyber risk assessment services – the Workforce Cyber Culture Assessment (WCCA) and the Ransomware Risk Assessment (RRA)Willis Towers Watson describes the WCCA...
Jan 6 2021 // Marsh, the insurance broker and risk adviser, has launched a dedicated Sharing Economy & Mobility (SE&M) industry group in the UK & Ireland.Led by Sam Tiltman, the group brings together over 25 sector...
Dec 22 2020 // A new group for senior claims managers in the London insurance market has been established by the International Underwriting Association (IUA).The Claims Strategy Committee will oversee and coordinate all claims-related...