April 9, 2020
Vitech Systems Group has formed a strategic partnership with Innovation Underwriters (IU), a not-for-profit collaborative focused on promoting innovation within the insurance industry. Innovation Underwriters supports insurtech venture development and promotes innovation as a growth strategy for insurance leaders. Its …
April 9, 2020
Several insurance agencies are joining resources to launch Strategic Agency Partners (SAP), an insurance agency network with a geographic footprint in eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The founding agencies, located in southern New Jersey, include BCA Group of Northfield, The …
April 9, 2020
Amazon.com Inc. is testing the use of disinfectant fog at a warehouse in Staten Island, New York starting on Tuesday, the company told Reuters, following worker protests over the risk of coronavirus infection at the site. The measure shows how …
April 9, 2020
Swiss Re announced that Ian Haycock has been appointed to the newly created role of chief data officer as of May 1, 2020. Together with Youngran Kim, who started as the group chief technology officer this month, Haycock will further …
April 9, 2020
Victor Insurance Holdings, the world’s largest managing general underwriter (MGU), announced the appointment of Matteo Bonfà as country manager, Victor Italia S.r.l., effective immediately. Bonfà is based in Milan and reports to Anthony Stevens, president, Victor International. With a 20-year …
April 9, 2020
Lloyd’s has selected 12 insurtech startups to participate in its innovation accelerator, Lloyd’s Lab. The 12 teams were chosen out of more than 190 applications, received from across the world, for the fourth cohort of the Lloyd’s Lab, which starts …
April 9, 2020
China plans to make it easier for foreign life insurers to make controlling acquisitions and large equity investments in domestic peers, five people with knowledge of the matter said, as the country pushes ahead in opening up its financial sector. …
April 9, 2020
Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC), an industry association for Canada’s home, auto and business insurers, on Wednesday said its members would lower costs for auto insurance to reflect reduced driving during the COVID-19 pandemic. Its members, which make up 90% …
April 9, 2020
The boss of EXOR showed confidence on Wednesday in the success of three transformative deals set to reshape its multi-billion portfolio of corporate holdings, despite being caught at mid-air by the coronavirus crisis. In a letter to the holding’s shareholders, …
April 9, 2020
San Diego, CA, April 9, 2020 – Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, Inc. (Arrowhead), has joined together with Internet of Insurance to help their contracted agencies advance their digital capabilities. The Internet of Insurance provides agencies with improved quote intake and …