Travelers to Acquire Plymouth Rock’s Digital Agency InsuraMatch December 3, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson The Travelers Companies has agreed to acquire InsuraMatch, a national digital independent insurance agency, from the Plymouth Rock Group of...
Nasdaq to Require Increased Board Diversity Disclosure by Listed Companies December 1, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson Exchange operator Nasdaq has proposed new rules for listed companies around board diversity and disclosure. According to a filing with...
Safety Group Lists Its Top 10 ‘Worst’ Toys of This Holiday Season November 25, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson Cute plastic animals with tiny accessories that pose a choking hazard, Black Panther-inspired claws with the potential to cause facial...
How Lloyd’s Underwriters Are Viewing Today’s U.S. Casualty Insurance Environment November 19, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson Today’s Lloyd’s of London market for casualty insurance is marked by rising prices, reduced capacity, and buyers embracing more self-insurance,...
Allied World Sells Majority Stake in High-Net Worth Insurer Vault November 18, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson Fairfax Financial Holdings and its subsidiary Allied World Assurance Co. have agreed to sell their majority interests in Florida-based high-net...
Kevelighan: Talks with Institutes on Creating 21st Century Triple III Began Years Ago November 16, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson Affiliating with The Institutes provides an opportunity for the industry’s Insurance Information Institute (III) to become more of a 21st...
Nonprofits The Institutes, Insurance Information Institute to Affiliate Nov. 16 November 12, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson The insurance education and research nonprofit The Institutes said it will finalize its affiliation with its fellow nonprofit Insurance Information...
How Lloyd’s Underwriters Are Viewing Today’s U.S. Property Insurance Environment November 12, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson While the COVID-19 pandemic has slowed business activity around the globe, for underwriters in the Lloyd’s market who were in...
Coverys Managing Agency Placing Lloyd’s Syndicate 1991 Into Runoff November 12, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson Coverys Managing Agency Ltd. announced that its DTW Syndicate 1991 at Lloyd’s of London will stop accepting new and renewal...
Equity Firm Cinven and Singapore’s GIC to Buy Insurance Broker Miller from Willis November 9, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson Private equity firm Cinven and GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, have agreed to acquire London-based specialist insurance and (re)insurance broker...